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updated: 08/07/03

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Leslie Anne Mcilroy
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1986 - PRESENT: Freelance Writer. Advertising, marketing and promotional materials for clients including Agnew Moyer Smith (full-service advertising firm), Brabender Cox (full-service advertising firm), The Charter Schools Project, CO2 Advertising (full-service advertising firm), Eat'n Park Hospitality Group, Lazor/Yost Design (full-service advertising firm), Pizza Outlet/Vocelli Pizza, ProAdSpec (promotional products specialists), Roberts Communications (full-service advertising firm), Spectrum Graphics (full-service advertising firm),
and Vallozzi’s Restaurants.

1996-2001: Senior Copywriter, The Kaiser Group (Full-Service Creative Marketing Firm) Pittsburgh, PA. Worked closely with Creative Director concept through execution. Projects include radio and television, brochures, billboards, print ads, press releases, identity packages, direct mail, etc. for clients ranging from retail, food & beverage, and high-tech manufacturers to industrial, financial and political accounts. Expertise in radio & TV production, client services, some design and print production. Clients include
Atlantic Luggage, CEI Telecommunications, Uni-Mart, HOSS’s Steak & Sea House,
Roaring Spring Paper Products, Schneiders Dairy, Sheetz, Source Capital, Ltd.,
South Hills Datacomm, Straub Brewery, Thermafiber, US Bankcorp and Ward Trucking.


EDITING/PUBLISHING


1997-2002: Co-founder/Editor, HEArt (Human Equity Through Art), a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit organization that used art to confront discrimination and promote social justice. Responsibilities included: (1) publication of HEArt—the nation’s only journal of contemporary literature and art devoted to confronting discrimination and promoting social justice; (2) community/educational outreach; (3) event coordination, sponsorship and hosting of annual reading series; and (4) collaboration with other peace and justice organizations working to combat discrimination. Responsible for design, layout, selection, editing and writing of materials for journal; coordination and publicity for all events; creation of all marketing/fundraising materials including press releases, invitations, ads, programs, etc.; maintenance of current HEArt web site; coordination of materials for fund-raising
and writing grant proposals.

2001: Assistant Editor, Creative Nonfiction Foundation, Pittsburgh-based nonprofit publishers of the first and largest literary journal devoted exclusively to the genre of nonfiction. Responsibilities include: logging of all submissions and database management; marketing and targeted publicity of each issue; promotion of contests; creation of all marketing/fundraising materials including press releases, ads, inserts, etc.; establishment and maintenance of online essay board in response to 9/11; production and distribution of monthly email newsletter; maintenance of web site; coordination and promotion of educational and mentoring programs; writing and coordination of materials for grant proposals; and manuscript screening.


COMMUNICATIONS/INSTRUCTING

2003 - PRESENT: Founder & Co-Instructor, Pittsburgh Poet's Studio:
Writing Workshops for Women,

2002 - PRESENT: Instructor, Emerging Voices: Writing Poetry that Communicates,
University of Pittsburgh, College of General Studies

2000-2001: Columnist, The New People,
Thomas Merton Center, political poetry review.

1998-PRESENT: Instructor, Poets-in-Person,
Pittsburgh International Poetry Forum

1989-1990: Publications Coordinator, Academic Computing, University of Pittsburgh, Pgh., PA.

1987-1989: Publications Manager, Consortium for Computing in Undergraduate Education,
Carnegie Mellon University, Pgh., PA.


MARKETING

1994-1996: Marketing Coordinator, WTW Architects, Pgh., PA. Produced all marketing materials from client newsletter through project proposals. Responsible for archiving all completed projects and writing/editing/proofing all firm communications.


PUBLICATIONS & AWARDS:

Nominated, Pushcart Prize, "In the Third Decade of Desire," Potpourri Magazine, 2001
Rare Space, Winner, Word Press Poetry Prize, July, 2001, READ REVIEW
Finalist, Paumanock Poetry Award, 2000
Finalist, Mississippi Review Poetry Prize, 2000
Selected as one of "40 Under 40" Leaders, Pittsburgh Magazine, 1999
Finalist, Emily Dickinson Award in Poetry, 1998, Universities West Press
Selected as one of "Others to Watch," Pittsburgh Magazine annual arts awards, 1998.
Gravel - Winner, Slipstream Press Poetry Chapbook Award, 1997
Winner, Chicago Literary Awards in Poetry, Another Chicago Magazine, 1997
Second Place, MacGuffin Poetry Competition,1996

Additional Publications: American Poetry: The Next Generation, Harpweaver,
Henry’s Creatures: Poems and Stories on the Automobile, The Ledge, Main St. Rag,
The Pittsburgh City Paper, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and The Pittsburgh Quarterly, Potpourri and the Red Brick Review.