Colleen Anderson

About Colleen Anderson

Colleen Anderson is a writer, songwriter, and graphic designer in Charleston, WV. Her writing has appeared in Redbook, Arts & Letters, Antietam Review, The Sun, and many other publications. Two of her stories were nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She has performed poetry and songs on Mountain Stage, NPR’s internationally syndicated live music radio show, and more than a dozen of her songs have been featured on the show. She has produced three collections of original songs: Fabulous Realities, Going Over Home; and Trail through the Trees. She has written more than 100 short radio essays for West Virginia Public Radio, two of which won national awards. In 2012, Colleen’s chapter book, Missing: Mrs. Cornblossom, won a Moonbeam Children’s Book Award. Her poetry chapbook, Bound Stone, was published by Finishing Line Press is 2016. Her writing has earned two Individual Artist Fellowships from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts as well as residency fellowships from the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of Taos, New Mexico and Monson Arts of Monson, Maine. Colleen owns Mother Wit Writing and Design and has worked as a graphic designer since 1975. Among her hobbies are origami, collage, and hiking. She often leads workshops in West Virginia schools and libraries, and is a Read Aloud volunteer at Piedmont Elementary School in Charleston.