sari ellen
Creative Non-Fiction
Newspapers
San Francisco Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/openforum/article/A-revelation-in-song-2590162.php
Berkeley Daily Planet
Magazines
Book Reviews in "Arrival" and "Berkeley Daily Planet"
Feature article in "Our Animals" (under the pen name "Sarah Rose")
Science features in "Genetic Engineering News"
Blogs
"My Neighbor's Cough" and other blogs are reprinted in Huffpo Canada, the Times of Israel, etc.
An audio version of "My Neighbor's Cough" starts at 9:10 in on TLV1's Podcast WhyWhyWhy
My Guest Writer Blog "With Love" has appeared on the writer Gila Green's site
Prizes
Winner of the Israeli Ministry of Culture "Exceptional Artist" Grants
Nominated for Pushcarts
Nominated for the G.E. Younger Writers Award
Merit Fellowship to Summer Literary Semester in Montreal
BSW’s Editor’s Choice Award
Merit Fellowship to Columbia University, School of the Arts, Graduate Writing Division
Winning Short Story in O. Henry Festival Stories
First Prize in Fiction, New Voice Award, The Writer’s Voice
Writing for Hire
Wrote for Purisys, Inc., Shearson American Express, Payne Webber and other scientific, business, computing,
entertainment, social justice and philanthropic orgs. Created user guides, manuals, package copy, proposals, books and booklets re: drinking water, formaldehyde, radon, toxic metals in paint, asbestos etc.
Screenplays
Return of Conan the Barbarian (wrote and sold original screenplay, but mine was not produced)
The Art of Love (wrote and sold original screenplay)
MFA in Fiction, Columbia University, NYC
Supported by a merit-based fellowship, earned honors.