Elizabyth Hiscox, Editor in Fort Collins, CO, USA

Overview

As a writer, educator, and editor I understand the importance of an author's vision, connecting with a readership, and a clean copy that allows ideas to take center stage. Having edited literary fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry for anthologies and individual collections, I am comfortable with the detail-oriented differences in each: the stream-of-consciousness approach that still needs to communicate, the free verse poem that is utilizing the field of the page and dropped lines, or the fun of the haibun that combines it all!

Currently, I am an editor for Iron Horse Literary Review, Shenandoah, and the chapbook press Tram Editions as well as copy editing individual collections (including one forthcoming from Red Hen Press).

Services

Copy Editing

Proofreading

Fiction

Literary Fiction Poetry

Languages

English (US)

Certifications

MFA in Creative Writing
PhD in Creative Writing

Work experience

Editor

Tram Editions

Sep, 2020 — Present

Tram Editions is a publisher of chapbooks of poetry and hybrid forms. Upcoming titles include work by Priscilla Wathington, Aliah Lavonne Tigh, and Cynthia Hogue.

Associate Editor

Iron Horse Literary Review

Sep, 2020 — Present

Iron Horse Literary Review is published by Texas Tech University.

Contributing Editor

Shenandoah

Sep, 2020 — Present

Shenandoah is published by Washington and Lee University.

Associate Editor to Editor-in-Chief

Western Press Books

Feb, 2017 — May, 2019 (about 2 years)

Western Press Books publishes, amongst other titles, the annual literary anthology Manifest West.

Layout and Copy Editor

New Issues Poetry and Prose

Sep, 2011 — Jun, 2013 (over 1 year)

New Issues produces books in three different series. In this role I excelled at maintaining and, according to the Managing Editor, improving series standards while communicating with authors and the design center throughout the publication process.