Sharla Yates
- Part-Time Instructor
Sharla Yates is the author of the poetry chapbook What I Would Say if We Were to Drown Tonight, published by Stranded Oak Press (2017). She hosts a webinar series, CRAFT TALKS for writers on writing, and co-hosts The Writers Bridge with Allison K Williams. Her nonfiction essay, “Address” was a finalist for the 2015 Columbia Journal writing contest and the 2016 Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award.
Courses Taught
Introduction to Fiction
Introduction to Creative Writing
Education & Training
- Chatham University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, 2016
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana One year toward a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, Poetry, 2007
- Portland State University, Portland, Oregon Master of Arts in Writing, Poetry, 2006
- George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon Bachelor of Arts in Writing and Literature, 2003
- Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, Oregon Associate of Arts in General Education, 2001
- MFA Creative Writing (Fiction)
- MA Writing (Poetry)
Representative Publications
"WHAT I WOULD SAY IF WE WERE TO DROWN TONIGHT," chapbook, Stranded Oak Press; named a finalist for the 2015 Villa Paper Nautilus. “Address,” Short Reads; named Penelope Niven Award and Columbia Journal writing contest finalist. “Black and White and Red All Over,” Pretty Owl Poetry; nominated for the Pushcart Prize. “When We Met,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “Heavy Does It,” Storychord. “Composed," The Boiler Journal. “Letters to the Fifth Floor,” Shadowgraph Quarterly Magazine, Issue 8.
