Roland Goity

CURRICULUM VITAE (2009)

Roland Goity
Writer, Researcher, Instructor

Education

San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
M.F.A in creative writing (fiction) 2006. 3.95 GPA (Phi Kappa Phi invitee).
Thesis: Short Story Collection. Thesis advisor: Harold Jaffe, editor-in-chief, Fiction International

Claremont-McKenna College, Claremont, CA.
B.A in political science. (Concentration in Foreign Affairs).

Professional, Writing and Teaching Experience

Freelance Writer/Ghostwriter/Consultant
2000-present. Provide freelance writing, ghostwriting and consulting expertise to public relations agencies and corporations nationwide. Also write feature articles for magazines, book reviews for leading newspaper daily (SF Chronicle), and music reviews for leading online music site (OnlineRock).

Senior PR Manager, SIPR
2007-2008. San Mateo, CA.
Collaborated with colleagues of Silicon Valley-based public relations agency to deliver PR and marketing services to clients in Web technology and Regulated Life Sciences.

Assistant Editor, Fiction International
2004-2006. San Diego, CA.
Helped edit and manage the production of top-tier literary journal published at San Diego State University. Worked closely with Editor-in-Chief and reviewed manuscripts under highest consideration for publication. Maintained office hours to supervise and coordinate with graduate student readers concerning manuscript reading duties.

Graduate Assistant, San Diego State University.
2003-2004. San Diego, CA.
Assisted two professors of the business school who specialize in Information Decisions Systems (IDS) and business communications. Graded papers for five (5) classes. Maintained office hours to meet and assist individual students in business writing.

Supervisor, Editorial Services. SIPR
1997-2000. San Mateo, CA.
Managed written communications for clients of Internet-focused public relations agency. Wrote, edited or provided final agency approval on all client press materials. Managed and trained all account employees through writing seminars and one-on-one sessions.

Publications

Fiction, short stories:
"Vantage Point." Fiction International (2010, Issue 43, forthcoming) [Print]
"Below the Surface." Clearfield Review (Issue 4, 2010, forthcoming) [Online]
"Incinerate." decomP (May, 2010, forthcoming) [Online]
"Special Performance." Foundling Review (March 2010, forthcoming) [Online]
"Getting Even in Room 15" Writers' Bloc (Rutgers) (Issue 9, March 2010) [Online]
"Restricted Development Area." BluePrintReview (Issue 23, January 2010) [Online]
"Friendly and Accommodating, He Wore Many Hats." The Legendary (December 20, 2009) [Online]
"Pot Stickers To-Go." Monkeybicycle (December 2009) [Online]
"Livin a Little." Paradigm (Issue 3, 2009) [Print Anthology]
"She Loved Them Both, In All Honesty." Underground Voices (December 2009) [Online]
"At the Foot of Golden Hill." Journal of Truth and Consequence (Winter Issue 2009) [Online]
"Around South Pass City." The Battered Suitcase (December 2009) [Online]
"Sand Trapped." PANK (November 2009) [Online]
"Stoney Sanders Application..." Nexus (Fall 2009) [Online]
"Genevieve." Amarillo Bay (November 2009) [Online]
"A Little Matter of Life and Death." 13th Warrior Review (2009, Volume 7, Issue 13) [Online]
"A Nic of Time." Foliate Oak (September, 2009) [Online]
"Dylan Got a New Job." Nanoism (August 14, 2009) [Online]
"What He Was." Mad Swirl (August 3, 2009) [Online]
"Hairpin." Foundling Review (July 2009, Issue 3) [Online]
"Green Lake." Slush Pile (Issue 3, 2009) [Online]
"Few Surprises in Hit Man Draft." Big Pulp (July 2009) [Online]
"World's a Stage." Eclectica (Volume 13, No. 3; July/August 2009) [Online]
"Different Angles." Word Slaw (June 2009) [Online]
"Next Available Flight." Mobius: The Journal of Social Change (Summer 2009) [Online]
"Pants on Fire." Gander Press Review (Spring/Summer 2009) [Print]
"Gutter Ball." The Binnacle (Spring 2009) [Print]
"Still in Kansas." Compass Rose (Spring 2009, Volume IX) [Print]
"Rock of Ages." Shaking Like a Mountain (Spring 2009) [Online]
"Dreaming." BluePrintReview (April 2009) [Online]
"Goofy's Wonderful World of Disney." The Northville Review (April 2009) [Online]
"Esther Severeid's Unpaid Phone Bill." Dogmatika (April 2009) [Online]
"Thrill Ride." ken*again (Spring 2009) [Online]
"Cheval Noir." Word Riot (March 2009) [Online]
"Judgment Gone Up in Smoke." The Externalist (February 2009) [Online]
"Livin' a Little." Paradigm (Winter 2009, The Jackson Issue) [Online]
"Novel on a Napkin." Six Sentences (January 2009) [Online]
"Ernestine's Cafe: A Newcomer's Review." The Oddville Press (December 2008) [PDF]
"Andi's Animal Kingdom." Bartleby Snopes (December 2008) [Online]
"America's Least Wanted." decomP (October 2008) [Online]
"Shystered." Up the Staircase (October 2008) [Online]
"Parental Coddling of a Young Psychopath." Underground Voices (July, 2008) [Online]
"Fallen Soldier." Dark Sky Magazine (Issue 7:9, 2008) [Online]
"Climbing." Long Story Short (May, 2008) [Online]
"Anything but Fifteen Percent." Watchword (Issue 10, 2008) [Print]
"Seaworthy." Scrivener Creative Review (Issue 33, 2008) [Print]
"Arnold and Sandy." Houston Literary Review (March, 2008) [Online]
"Author Intrusion." Sub-Lit (Volume 1, #3, 2008) [Online]
"Sports Fanaticism: A Case Study." Foliate Oak (December, 2007) [Online]
"Animal Crack." Fiction International (Issue 40, 2007) [Print]
"Smokey's Mountain" Conte: A Journal of Narrative Fiction (Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2007) [Online]
"When the Saints Go Marching Out." Talking River Review (2006) [Print]
"The Final Note." Bryant Literary Review (Volume 7, 2006) [Print]

Non Fiction:
Rock music columns (various). examiner.com 2009-present.
"Hazard on the Trail." Cycling's Greatest Misadventures (Casagrande Press, 2007)
Opinion pieces on digital music (various). Industry Standard's Beat Sheet.
Ghost article on healthcare fraud. Healthplan. January 2005.
Book reviews (numerous). San Francisco Chronicle. 2004-2006
Music reviews (numerous). OnlineRock. 2005-2006
"Mining the Valley for Silicon Gold." Gentry. May 2003.

As Editor:
Fiction editor of online art and literature magazine, LITnIMAGE.

Currently co-editing literary anthology on rock music and culture, presently titled: EXPERIENCED: Rock Music Tales of Fact and Fiction. Planned publication in 2009

Awards

StorySouth's Million Writer's Award Nominee (twice) (Best Online Short Story) 2007; 2008; Notable story selection for 2008

Pushcart Prize Nominee (twice) (Short Fiction) 2007; 2008

Award for Outstanding Achievement in Creative Writing, Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA. 2002

Teaching Interests

Creative Writing: Fiction and creative non-fiction, workshops.
Literature: American, global and contemporary.