Tin House Workshop alumna and Hurston/Wright Workshop Fellow, Stephani E. D. McDow’s work is published in Day Eight’s Diaspora Cafe: DC, Bourgeon, Still Point Arts Quarterly, Genre: Urban Arts No. 7, and Femme Literati: Mixtape Anthology. She is anthologized alongside nationally prominent voices such as Jericho Brown, Lucille Clifton, Tess Gallagher, Ilya Kaminsky, Dunya Mikhail, Marge Piercy, and Danez Smith in Raven Chronicle Press’ Take a Stand: Art Against Hate, winner of the 2021 Washington State Book Award for Poetry. Formerly a contributing author and freelance writer/editor, her work has been praised by esteemed editors, authors, and journalists.
In addition to being a multi-genre writer, she provides nonprofit/association management, professional development, and training consulting; and diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging assessment and strategy. An avid social justice advocate, she is a lupus warrior and a sexual assault survivor, speaking on behalf of, supporting, and volunteering for organizations and movements aligned with causes for which she is passionate including the Lupus Foundation of America and the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN).
Ms. McDow is available for consulting in nonprofit management, program management, professional development, training, and DEIAB; as well as speaking engagements, or any of the other freelance services offered. To learn more about Ms. McDow’s experience, please visit the Credentials page. Submit your inquiry below and we will be in touch with you within 2 – 3 business days.
“Word-work is sublime, […] because it is generative; it makes meaning that secures our difference, our human difference – the way in which we are like no other life. We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.” ~Toni Morrison.