Editor and Dramaturg

Anna is an experienced beta reader, dramaturg, workshop participant, and manuscript reader. Her years spent working in the publishing industry, coupled with her time in an MFA Creative Writing program, taught her how to offer personalized feedback aimed at helping an author create the best possible version of their ideal manuscript. 
 
If you have a play, short story, novel, or creative non-fiction piece that you'd like Anna to take a look at, please feel free to get in touch.

Writing Contests Where Anna Has Served Or Currently Serves as a Judge

  • Inkslinger Playwriting Contest (2018-present)
  • Charles M. Getchell New Play Contest (2025-present)
  • Judith Royer Excellence in Playwriting Award (2024-present)
  • We Need New Plays Festival (2024)
  • Tennessee Williams Literary Festival (2016-2020)
  • Scholastic Arts & Writing Awards (2016-2018)

AlumNoteworthy individuals whose work Anna has edited, served as dramaturg for, and/or offered feedback:

  • Franky D. Gonzalez, Alumni Core Writer at the Playwrights Center
  • M.J. Kang, Playwright with Commissions from Portland Playhouse and Shotgun Players
  • Justin Maxwell, Associate Professor of Playwriting at the University of New Orleans
  • Mary Lynn Owen, Semi-Finalist for the O'Neill Playwriting Conference
  • James Winter, Artistic Director at Columbia Center for the Performing Arts
  • Amy Berryman, Off-Broadway Playwright
  • Bennett Kirschner, Artistic Director of Intramural Theatre
  • Amy Hanson, Finalist for Ashland New Play Festival
  • Dana Hall, Recipient of Excellence In Playwriting by the Theater Association of NYS
  • Libby Heily, MacDowell Fellow
  • Lyla Nalan, Recipient of the Judith Royer Playwriting Award
  • Pamela Hobart Carter, Pushcart Nominee
  • Mo Holmes, Winner of Alpine Fellowship Theatre Prize
  • Morgan Ludlow, Artistic Director of Pacific Play Company
  • Glasgow Lyman, Valdez Theatre Conference Invitee
  • Matthew Ivan Bennett, Resident Playwright of Plan-B Theatre
  • Maureen McGranaghan, Sewanee Writers' Conference Invitee
  • Aaron M. Scully, Instructor of Theatre at University of Central Missouri
  • Dale Dunn, Semi-Finalist for the O'Neill Playwriting Conference
  • Dave Osmundsen, Great Plains Theatre Conference Invitee
  • Yide Cai, Winner of 50th Annual Off-Off-Broadway Festival
  • Elle Thoni, Core Writer at the Playwrights Center
  • C.A. Munn, Pushcart Nominee
  • Mimi Ayers, Semi-Finalist at the 2019 Austin Film Festival and Writers Conference