About
Hannah Hart Wilken is a writer, editor, and marketing expert living in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Her writing examines themes of femininity, romantic relationships, family, and the never-ending challenge of understanding one's place in this world.
Hannah is an MFA fiction candidate at the Bennington Writing Seminars in the fiction track. In March 2019, she was a writer in residence at the Vermont Studio Center and participated in the Colgate University Writers’ Conference in both 2018 and 2019. In 2019 she was awarded a grant and fellowship through the Martha Boschen Porter Fund from the Berkshire Taconic Foundation. She is based in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
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Education
MFA Fiction Candidate
Bennington Writing Seminars
BA Spanish Literature
Bates College
Writing
The Master's Review
”Storm” (F)
Longlisted for the 2021–2022 Winter Short Story Award for New Writers - Judged by Ye Chun
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health
”Elizabeth Gilbert and Rachel Cargle on Empathy and Compassion” (NF)
Food52
”How to Start a Fireplace Fire (& Keep It Going All Night)” (NF)
“How to Successfully Paint Your Kitchen in One Day” (NF)
Residencies, Conferences & Grants
Essay & Opinion Writing, 2019–2020
Gotham Writers Workshop
Online
Colgate University Writers’ Conference, 2019
Led by Angela Palm
Recipient of The Colgate Scholarship
Hamilton, NY
Vermont Studio Center Residency, 2019
Recipient of VSC Artist’s Grant
Johnson, VT
The Martha Boschen Porter Fund, 2018
A fund of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
Sheffield, MA
Colgate University Writers' Conference, 2018
Led by Bill Barich
Hamilton, NY
Essay and Short Story Workshop, 2018
Led by Virginia Watkins
Egremont, MA
The Stories We Carry: Meditation and Writing, 2017
Led by Dani Shapiro
Stockbridge, MA
Professional Experience
Website Designer
Woven Roots Farm & Education Center
January 2021
Digital Content Manager
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health
May 2019 to Present
Writer & Founder
Hannah Hart Beat
2011 to 2020
Merchandising Manager
Food52
New York, NY
December 2014 to February 2017
Contact
email | hhwilken @ gmail . com
instagram | @hannahhhart
twitter | @hannahhhart