EDUCATION

• MFA Creative Writing (Fiction)
  Minnesota State University Moorhead, Minnesota

Thesis: Peace Country; Advisor: Lin Enger (January 2010-May 2012)

• BA English (Communications Minor)

Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah (1998-2002)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014 Adjunct Instructor, English
  North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota
• Fall 2010-Spring 2012 Graduate Teaching Assistant, English
  Minnesota State University Moorhead, Minnesota

PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE

• NDSU Press Production Assistant for Hiking All Night by Timothy Murphy (August 2019-January 2020)
• Proofreader for Visiting Bob: Poems Inspired by the Life and Work of Bob Dylan, Ed. Thom Tammaro et al. Moorhead: New Rivers Press, 2017. Print.
• Manuscript Screener, NDSU Press, Fargo, North Dakota (Spring 2016)
• Copy Editor for MELUS, academic journal specializing in studies of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (July 2014-July 2016)
• Manuscript Screener, New Rivers Press, Moorhead, Minnesota (Fall 2010, Fall 2012)
• Editorial Board Member, Red Weather Literary Magazine, Moorhead, Minnesota. Spring 2011

CONFERENCE READINGS

• Beck, Sarah. “Moments from Joshua.” Valley City State University. Student Center Lower Level Conference Room, Valley City, ND. 12 Oct. 2012. Reading.

PUBLICATIONS

• This Autism Life. http://www.thisautismlife.com.
• Beck, Sarah “Butterfly Endings.” Chaleur Magazine. Ed. Perry Asibey-Bonsu et al. Morristown: Chaleur Press, 2019. 77. Print.
• Beck, Sarah. “Moving Day.”  Red Weather. Ed. Dustin Mohagen et al.  Moorhead: Otter Tail Power, 2013. 94. Print.
• Beck, Sarah. “Our Poem.” Red Weather. Ed. Dustin Mohagen et al.  Moorhead: Otter Tail Power, 2013. 86. Print.

AWARDS

• The League of Utah Writers Olive Woolley Burt Awards First Honorable Mention for New Writer: First Chapter, Peace Country August 14, 2021
• William Faulkner- William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition Semi-Finalist in the Novel-in-Progress Category 2018 for Peace Country