Inspiration for Writers, Inc.: Intern Jessica Nelson

Jessica Nelson

Jessica Nelson is proud to serve as intern for Inspiration for Writers, Inc. Originally from Morgantown, West Virginia, she studies Creative Writing at West Virginia Wesleyan College, where she is the American Scholar—a competitive honor awarded only once per year that includes a four-year scholarship for tuition, room and board. An avid reader of many genres, she devours any book she can get her hands on. She has won many awards in both fiction and poetry at the West Virginia Writers Annual Writing Competition and WVW Writer’s Wall Awards, and served as an intern at the 2014 WVW’s Conference. She is a Gold Key and multi-Silver Key recipient in the national Scholastic Art and Writing Competition, which gives recognition at a regional and potentially national level to high school students for excellence in art and writing. Her dream is to edit books by day and write by night, and is thankful for Inspiration for Writers, Inc., which has brought her one step closer to that dream.

Jessica's prose poem, "I Am Not A Poet," was recently published in the Anthology of Appalachian Writers, Vol. 7, Homer Hickam Edition.