Jacob Christian Uitti

5033 Brooklyn Avenue East Apt. B

Seattle, Washington 98105

(609) 577-9735 • Uitti12@Hotmail.com

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Education

University of Washington graduate and undergraduate courses audited in Poetry, French and    Comparative Literature 2009-2011 (Doug Collins, Linda Bierds, Henry Staten, Andrew Feld)

Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning (Ontario College), Canada

Graduate of Creative Writing Correspondence Program in Fiction, Aug. 2008

Rutgers University (Rutgers College), New Brunswick, NJ

B.A., with High Honors, May 2005, Cumulative GPA: 3.8 (4.0 Scale)

Major: Philosophy            Minor: Political Science          Creative Writing (6 Courses)

Major GPA:    3.80            Minor GPA:            3.70              GPA:    4.0

Honors & Awards

• High Honors for cumulative G.P.A. at graduation
• High Departmental Honors in Philosophy at graduation
• Jacob Cooper Memorial Scholarship for Philosophy, Rutgers University 2005
• Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity Literary Competition Winner for Place and Time 2005
• Charles Winfield Scholarship Academic Excellence Award, Rutgers University 2004
• Evelyn Hamilton Award in Fiction for Shiny Hub-Caps and Thinking Twice, Rutgers University 2004
• University of Northern Colorado National Flash Fiction Award for Thinking Twice 2004

Work Experience

The Pub At Third Place, Seattle, WA                                                           May 2007 – Present

• Bartender, Server

Freelance Writer Sep. 2008 – Present

• Reporter, Interviewer, Creative

The Princeton Packet Newspaper, Princeton, NJ                Summer 2005, Nov. 2005 – Feb. 2007

• Staff Writer (News, Sports, Lifestyle)

Global Scholarly Publications, New York City, NY                                                   Jan. – June 2005

• Editor, Summary Writer

The American School of Paris, Paris, France Summer 2003

• English teacher for 10 – 14 year-old students (of several foreign backgrounds)
• Athletic Counselor            

Publications and Highlights

• Trails, Thought I Had and The Bar ‘Round Close poems in Breadline Press West Coast Poetry Anthology 2011
• Two Musicians and The Heart Of It poems in Front Range Review 2011
• Phoenix, AZ and Wires And Connections poems in Sister Brother Publications Anthology 2011
• Co-founder and Poetry editor of Seattle-based publication The Monarch Review 2010
• A Long Note Held a poem in South Mountain Poets Anthology 2010
• Take Off Your Blouse and Apologies, Poetry And Some Sorta Idiocy: The Writer in Pocket Smut 2010
• Thought I Had a poem finalist for Palooka Journal’s People’s Choice Awards 2010
• Dust & Hours a cd by The Glass Notes (Roam Records), co-writer 2010
• In Need Of Help a story in onepagestories.com 2010
• Eve a song on the Seattle Compilation cd Ball Of Wax 2010
• Something Left a song accepted by The Santa Clara Review 2010
• Poem and Death in The Santa Clara Review 2010
• Gin And Iceberg Lettuce and On Cutting Strings, Minnesota flash fiction in Glossolalia Fall 2009
• Shot a poem in Diverse Voices Quarterly 2009
• Bounce, Bounce a story in the Glossolalia Spring 2009
• Sarah, Angel and The Salesman, poems in Harvard University’s Dudley Review 2009
• Featured Harmonica Player on Bonebox by Spekulation on Seattle Compilation cd Ball Of Wax 2009
• Red Wine a poem in Naugatuck River Review 2008
• The Butterfly a poem in the Glossolalia Fall 2008
• Interviews with Dr. Helene Starks and WA Gov. Booth Gardner (Dec. 2008), Prof. Mark Watson (Nov. 2008), former Deputy Administrator of the E.P.A. Mike McCabe (2008), Dr. Cornel West (Nov. 2008, Feb. 2007), author Lauren B. Davis (March 2007) and actress Bette Utey (May 2007)—transcripts available
• Standing By The Door a poem in Bent Pin Quarterly 2007
• Birge succeeds Wilson as Montgomery mayor on Wikipedia 2007
• Getting The Job Done for The Trentonian Newspaper 2007
• Talib Kweli, Cornel West, and Maxine Waters Discuss Merging Hip-Hop with Politics on emergingminds.org 2006
• Mind Reading, Thesis in Philosophy, advised by Stephen Stitch, Rutgers University 2005
• Hub-Caps Were Shiny a story in Riverwalk Journal 2005
• Respecting and Preserving Minorities by Liu Xianghui (Edited by Jacob Uitti, GSP Publications) 2005
• Her Lake Body a poem in The Susquehanna Review 2005
• Inscription, Old Stains & Brushes, and Indian Woman poems in Rutgers University’s Objet D’Art Spring 2005
• The Park a poem in Objet D’Art Fall 2004
• Thinking Twice a story in The University of Northern Colorado’s The Crucible 2004

Other Interests

Musician (Guitar, Bass, Piano, Harmonica—original music available on iTunes; songs played on Seattle’s KEXP, reviews available online); Traveling (I have dual American and French Citizenship); Coaching; Cooking; Fishing in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.