Art Hanlon

Art Hanlon was born in Brooklyn, New York. After serving in the Marine Corps, he attended the University of California at Berkeley, taking a bachelor’s degree in American history and English, and a master’s degree in journalism. He worked as a newspaper reporter, a country blues musician, a theater set carpenter, a technical writer, and a book editor before returning to the University of California Riverside Palm Desert for an MFA in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts. He is currently an associate poetry editor for Narrative Magazine. His song, Spokane, won first prize in the 2005 Tumbleweed Music Festival in Richland, Washington. His work has appeared in Surfing Illustrated, Art Access, Narrative Magazine, Coachella Review, Kelp Journal, and Please See Me.  His essay, The Brilliant Present, originally published in Narrative Magazine, was included in the Special Mention section of the Pushcart Prize Anthology.

EDUCATION

  • University of California, Berkeley - MJ Journalism
    University of California, Berkeley - BA History/English
    University of California, Riverside -MFA Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts.

EMPLOYERS

  • Free-lance writer, editor.

AWARDS & HONORS

  • My song "Spokane" won first prize at the Tumbleweed Music Festival, Richland, WA

  • My essay, The Brilliant Present, originally published in Narrative Magazine, was included in the Special Mention section of the Pushcart Prize Anthology.

PUBLICATIONS & OTHER WORK

  • Narrative Magazine - Essay "The Brilliant Present."
    The Coachella Review - Fiction "East China Sea."

MEDIA PLATFORMS

Narrative Writing, Photojournalism