Charlotte Seley

Charlotte Seley is a writer and poet from the Hudson Valley region of New York, currently residing in Kansas City. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College and her BA with a concentration in Creative Writing from Eugene Lang College of the New School for Liberal Arts. Her first collection of poetry, The World is My Rival, is forthcoming from Spuyten Duyvil Press.

She served as the Editor-in-Chief and Poetry Editor of Redivider, as well as poetry reader and first-round judge for the Emerging Writers Contest with the literary journal Ploughshares. She also used to manage the digital media and communications for the monthly reading series Mr. Hip Presents, located in Jamaica Plain, MA. Mr. Hip Presents infused social media into poetry, spoken word, youth poets, and live music performances to create a dynamic experience open to conversation, appreciation, and live expression.

Charlotte has led workshops and courses on writing, professional development, and social media. Recently, she taught a workshop on celebrity inspiration in poetry to Boston high school students for the MassPoetry Student Day of Poetry at UMass Boston. Past courses have included: Leveraging Social Media at Your Artist Event; Resume & Cover Letter Writing; Writing Through Genres (modeled for a 101 class); and more.