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Julie Ann Candoli

Austin, Texas

512.750.3995

j.candoli@mac.com

Mystery Writer & Poet                  

Completed manuscript for legal thriller The Best Offense. Currently working on a new mystery, Burn Baby Burn, and a collection of poems.

Residencies

Wellstone Center in the Redwoods, Santa Cruz, California (Wellstone Fellowship)           May 2019

Can Serrat, Barcelona, Spain (Artist Stipend)                                                                            May 2013        

Can Serrat, Barcelona, Spain (Artist Stipend)                                                                            June 2010

Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont (4 week Artist Fellowship)                               January 2009

Honors & Exhibitions

2018 - Finalist, Pacific Northwest Writers' Association Literary Contest, Mystery/Thriller

2018 - Novel-in-Progress Finalist, William Faulkner/William Wisdom Competition (Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society, New Orleans, LA)

2017 - Winner, Action/Thriller, The Colorado Gold Writing Contest/Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers

2017 - Novel-in-Progress Finalist (Short List), William Faulkner/William Wisdom Competition (New Orleans)

2016 – Finalist, Writers League of Texas Manuscript Contest (Mystery)

2016 – Novel Finalist, William Faulkner/William Wisdom Competition – Words & Music Competition (Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society, New Orleans)

2015 – Novel in Progress Finalist (Short List), William Faulkner/William Wisdom Competition – Words & Music Competition (New Orleans)

2015 – Participating Artist, 5 x 7, The Contemporary Austin (art museum)

2014 – Finalist, Writers League of Texas Manuscript Contest (Thriller)

2012 – Poetry Finalist, William Faulkner/William Wisdom Competition – Words & Music Conference (Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society, New Orleans) 

2012 – Honorable Mention, Houston Writers Guild Genre Contest

2011 – Telephone Project (Group Exhibition – writers and visual artists), The Dirty Dirty Gallery/Artspace (Brooklyn, New York)

2009 – Special Opportunities Grant for Individual Artist, City of Austin/Cultural Arts Division

2009 – Finalist, Writers League of Texas Manuscript Contest

2008 – Finalist, Writers League of Texas Manuscript Contest 

2007 – Honorable Mention, SEAK 6th Annual National Fiction Writing Competition for Lawyers

 

Organizations

Writers’ League of Texas                                         

Sisters in Crime/Heart of Texas Chapter              

Mystery Writers of America                                  

 

Seminars

Advanced Craft/Critique Workshop – Writers’ League of Texas   

Funding Your Work - Creative Capital Professional Development   

MWA-U (Mystery Writers of America University)  

Novel in Progress Seminar, Writers’ League of Texas   

Conferences

Writers’ Police Academy

Bouchercon

New England Crime Bake

Writers’ League of Texas - Agents and Editors 

Mystery Writers of America – Southwest 

Pacific Northwest Writers Association Conference     

 

Employment

Director of Institutional Giving                2011 - present

Foundation Communities, Austin, Texas 

Writing: grants, publicity, articles, and education materials on affordable housing, homelessness, and related issues; staff grants workshops 

 

Manager of Government and Foundation Relations            2008 - 11

Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas

Writing:  grants, reports, strategic plans, publicity, media, and text for museum exhibitions and catalogues.

Faculty Member, The Art School            2009

Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas

Taught special workshop on creativity and collaboration, language and photography, based on the exhibition Chuck Close: A Couple Ways of Doing Something

Lyricist                                                          2002 - 09

Songwriter for Norwegian rock band (modern melodic metal)

Grant Writer for Nonprofit Agencies     2007 - 08

Grant writing and strategic planning for: Faith in Action Caregivers (services for older adults); Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (health care for Austin’s low income musicians); SIMS Foundation (mental health care for musicians and families)

Special Projects                                          2005 - 07

St. David’s Foundation -

Capacity building for Foundation grant recipients (strategic plans, budgets, grant writing); writer for Foundation (grants, newsletters, communications)

Freelance Writer                                        1999 – 01

Online reviews of restaurants and music venues

Other Experience

Assistant Principal and Project Facilitator 

J. Houston Elementary School, Austin Independent School District 

Administrator with large urban public Title I elementary school

Developed bilingual education materials, writing projects with students

 

Attorney, Political Asylum Project of Austin                

Emergency immigration applications for Honduran hurricane refugees

Civil Litigation in California   (summary of experience)  

All aspects of civil litigation, including discovery, law and motion, settlements and trial preparation

Drafted decisions, orders, memoranda, and correspondence; conducted legal research; acted as liaison between judges, attorneys, and parties

Areas:  labor and employment law, arts and copyright law, general civil litigation

 

Education

Doctorate of Jurisprudence, Golden Gate University School of Law

Bachelor of Arts, Michigan State University

 

Community Activities

Pan American Round Table: women’s philanthropic organization that promotes friendship and fellowship in the Americas

Masters Swimmer:                              

Western Hills Athletic Club, Longhorn Aquatics, Austin Aquatics 

National Top 20 (50 and 100 breaststroke events)

Languages:  English, Italian, some Spanish

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