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I'm a writer and editor based in Chicago, with long layovers in New Orleans, Hawaii, and abroad. For over 15 years, I've been in a committed relationship with the written word. I've edited manuscripts, essays, creative writing, academic texts, and branded content, and I've taught writing to early learners and university scholars.
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A Fulbright Fellow in Poland and Franz Kafka Fellow in Prague, I also studied fiction at the Iowa Writers' Workshop's summer program. I hold an MFA in Creative Writing and an MA in Linguistics.
I'm the Prose Review Editor at Another Chicago Magazine and the founding editor for Masks Literary Magazine, and I won the Tusculum Review Fiction Prize. 

Interesting fact: Before becoming an editor, I sold street art in New Orleans' Pirates Alley. I love language, story, and precision—and yes, the Oxford comma.

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Laura Hawbaker
Chicago, Illinois
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