
Mina Manchester
ABOUT
Mina Manchester's writing has appeared in HuffPost, Columbia Journal, The Normal School, Inscape and elsewhere. She is an editor-at-large for Five South, former Assistant Editor for Narrative Magazine and an MFA candidate at Sewanee. She graduated from Pitzer College and lives in Los Angeles with her family.

WRITING
FICTION
"Not This Time," Inscape, Fall 2020 (print)
"Opening Day," Finalist, Pinch Literary Award 2020
"The Plumber," Close-but-no-cigar shortlist shout-out, The Molotov Cocktail 2020
"Diving In," Columbia Journal 2019
"Screen Time," The Normal School 2018
"Fight or Flight," Finalist for Rick DeMarinis Short Story Award, Cutthroat Journal of the Arts 2015
NONFICTION
"What Parenting Immunocompromised Kids Taught Me About Battling Coronavirus," in HuffPost
"Five Brutally Honest Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Had Kids," in Dispatch From Daybreak
Writer Interviews for Five South
"What Keeps You Up At Night," interview series for Hither & Thither
AWARDS, INTERVIEWS& WORKSHOPS
AWARDS
Nominated for UCLA James Kirkwood Prize in Creative Writing
INTERVIEWS
Interview with Spoken Label podcast
WORKSHOPS
Mina has attended The Kenyon Review Writing Workshop, The Writer's Hotel, where she was a TA in 2020-21, and Narrative Magazine's The Art of the Story with Tom Jenks
EDITING & COACHING
PROFESSIONAL EDITING & COACHING
I bring my experience in public relations, writing and editing to help clients be the best they can be. I've spent more than a decade writing for, editing, and media training Fortune 500 executives and companies in the high technology industry and my passion is helping people. Let me know how I can assist with your writing, resumes, pitches, public speaking and/or media appearances. I also do hour-long public relations consults.
My services include:
Novel and short story evaluation
Line editing
Proofreading
Interview preparation
Resume review
Public speaking coaching
Public relations consults
Please contact me to discuss your project and I am happy to evaluate working together.
WEBSITE DESIGN
PROFESSIONAL WEBSITE DESIGN
I create and design Wix websites for creatives, writers, artists, musicians, podcasters, fashion designers, and small business owners.
Please feel free to contact me to discuss your project and receive a cost estimate.