| Publishing History |
Non-Fiction Periodicals Albemarle Magazine, 2 issues Business Quarterly Charlottesville/Albemarle Observer, 2 issues Charlottesville Albemarle Auto Review Charlottesville Home, 3 issues Charlottesville Kids Emory & Henry Alumni Magazine Genre Press Digest Inside UVA Juggler’s World Nelson County Times, 7 years Observer Christmas Guide Observer Magazine, 7 issues, 6 covers Our Town: A Charlottesville Guide Scene Magazine, 2 issues The Observer: Charlottesville Seniors The Observer: Health and Fitness Magazine The Observer: House and Home Magazine Thumbprints Virginia Review Writers Info The Wishing Well, book reviewer Lesbian News, music editor, columnist Non-Fiction Books: Albemarle Magazine, proofreader, 3 years Roaming Apple Feast, editor The Retrospect, editor Pieces of Pie: Surviving Love, editor Excuse Me, Your God Is Waiting, editor Newsletters: CHOICES, Virginia National Organization for Women, editor First Contact News, editor Nelson County Chamber of Commerce Newsletter, editor Small Press Writers and Artist Organization Newsletter, editor Golden Crown Literary Society Newsletter, editor Fiction Publications Artemesia’s Magick Candor Ellipsis Lynchburg Magazine Mythic Circle Spidereyes Magazine, 2 issues The Rhetorician, 2 issues The Spirit of Rockfish Witness to the Bizarre Worlds of Surrealism Sinister Wisdom Girl Fever: 69 Stories of Sudden Sex, 2012 Affinity and Friends put the X back in X-mas, 2012 Plays: Truman’s Word, premiered March 1993 Fiction Books: All Aboard, editor The Way of Kinship The Quality of Blue 2002, 2011 All in the Seasoning, 2006 The Blue Ridge Anthology 2007 The Blue Ridge Anthology 2008 The Blue Ridge Anthology, fiction editor 2009 Two Weeks in August 2010 House of Cards 2010 Identity, 2012 The Book of Eleanor, 2012 Gospel, 2013 Poison Flowers, 2013 Family Issue, 2014 Nether Regions, 2015 Contests/Awards: Housewife Writers Forum Piedmont Writers Institute Small Press Writers and Artist Organization The Virginia Writers Club, 3 awards Virginia Press Association Award, 3 awards "Diverse Delusions" nominated for Pushcart Prize Writer’s Digest, 3 awards Writers of the Future, 2 awards Writers in Virginia, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts 2013 Finalist Goldie Awards, House of Cards 2013 Winner Goldie Awards Paranormal Romance, The Book of Eleanor 2014 Finalist Goldie Awards, Erotica. Gospel |
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Award-Winning Journalist
Nat Burns’s ten-year career as a reporter led to feature and cover stories
appearing in periodicals such as Charlottesville/Albemarle Observer,
Albemarle Magazine, Inside UVA, Emory & Henry Alumni Magazine and
Virginia Review. Her review column appears monthly in Lesbian News
magazine.
Award-Winning Author
First published as a child, with a short poem in a children’s magazine, Burns
has enjoyed a life devoted to the written word. Most recently, her fiction has
appeared in Sinister Wisdom and Candor. Her story, "Jane Bishop’s Eyes"
appeared in All in the Seasoning, an anthology by Bywater Books. Another
recent collection, The Blue Ridge Anthology by Cedar Creek Publishing,
offers two of her award-winning works. Her work has appeared in recent
anthologies: Affinity and Friends put the X back in X-mas and Girl Fever: 69
Stories of Sudden Sex for Lesbians
Burns has won fiction honors from Writer's Digest, Muse Magazine, Writers
in Virginia, The Virginia Writing Club, Piedmont Writing Institute and
Writers of the Future.
Columnist
Burns's column "Notes from Nat" appears each month in Lesbian News.
Poet
Burn’s poem, "Womanwalk", won first place in the Virginia Writing Club,
Charlottesville, and third place in the VWC state competition.
Other poems have appeared in Lynchburg Magazine, The Wishing Well,
Muse Magazine, Witness to the Bizarre, Worlds of Surrealism, and Emerald
Isle. Her poetry book, Gospel, was a finalist in the 2014 Goldie Literary
Awards
Romance/intrigue novels include The Quality of Blue, Two Weeks in August,
House of Cards, Identity, The Book of Eleanor, Poison Flowers, Family Issue
and Nether Regions.
Playwright
One of Burns’s plays, Truman’s Word, premiered March, 1993. Produced by
the Women’s History Project, it was directed by Maxine Fox, noted Broadway
producer who produced several award-winning plays, including Grease and
Over There.
Writing Advocate
In tandem with the Writers in Virginia Program, Burns has worked
extensively with area youth, teaching journalism and creative writing. She
also taught under the Nelson County Summer Enrichment Program for many
years and served five years as a judge in the Piedmont Area Reading
Council's Young Authors Program.
Editor/Proofreader/Systems Manager
As an editor, Burns has served with the Small Press Writers and Artists
Organization, VaNOW, Byrd Newspapers, County of Nelson, Virginia and
Carden Jennings Publishing.
Burns has edited the science fiction anthology All Aboard, released by AE
Press, the memoir, Pieces of Pie: Surviving Love, by Pie Dumas, released by
Skye’s the Limit Publications and Excuse Me, Your God Is Waiting by
Michelle Prosser, released by Hampton Roads.
Burns has more than 10 years' experience in computer troubleshooting and
support.
natburnsworld@gmail.com
Nat Burns’s ten-year career as a reporter led to feature and cover stories
appearing in periodicals such as Charlottesville/Albemarle Observer,
Albemarle Magazine, Inside UVA, Emory & Henry Alumni Magazine and
Virginia Review. Her review column appears monthly in Lesbian News
magazine.
Award-Winning Author
First published as a child, with a short poem in a children’s magazine, Burns
has enjoyed a life devoted to the written word. Most recently, her fiction has
appeared in Sinister Wisdom and Candor. Her story, "Jane Bishop’s Eyes"
appeared in All in the Seasoning, an anthology by Bywater Books. Another
recent collection, The Blue Ridge Anthology by Cedar Creek Publishing,
offers two of her award-winning works. Her work has appeared in recent
anthologies: Affinity and Friends put the X back in X-mas and Girl Fever: 69
Stories of Sudden Sex for Lesbians
Burns has won fiction honors from Writer's Digest, Muse Magazine, Writers
in Virginia, The Virginia Writing Club, Piedmont Writing Institute and
Writers of the Future.
Columnist
Burns's column "Notes from Nat" appears each month in Lesbian News.
Poet
Burn’s poem, "Womanwalk", won first place in the Virginia Writing Club,
Charlottesville, and third place in the VWC state competition.
Other poems have appeared in Lynchburg Magazine, The Wishing Well,
Muse Magazine, Witness to the Bizarre, Worlds of Surrealism, and Emerald
Isle. Her poetry book, Gospel, was a finalist in the 2014 Goldie Literary
Awards
Romance/intrigue novels include The Quality of Blue, Two Weeks in August,
House of Cards, Identity, The Book of Eleanor, Poison Flowers, Family Issue
and Nether Regions.
Playwright
One of Burns’s plays, Truman’s Word, premiered March, 1993. Produced by
the Women’s History Project, it was directed by Maxine Fox, noted Broadway
producer who produced several award-winning plays, including Grease and
Over There.
Writing Advocate
In tandem with the Writers in Virginia Program, Burns has worked
extensively with area youth, teaching journalism and creative writing. She
also taught under the Nelson County Summer Enrichment Program for many
years and served five years as a judge in the Piedmont Area Reading
Council's Young Authors Program.
Editor/Proofreader/Systems Manager
As an editor, Burns has served with the Small Press Writers and Artists
Organization, VaNOW, Byrd Newspapers, County of Nelson, Virginia and
Carden Jennings Publishing.
Burns has edited the science fiction anthology All Aboard, released by AE
Press, the memoir, Pieces of Pie: Surviving Love, by Pie Dumas, released by
Skye’s the Limit Publications and Excuse Me, Your God Is Waiting by
Michelle Prosser, released by Hampton Roads.
Burns has more than 10 years' experience in computer troubleshooting and
support.
natburnsworld@gmail.com