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  • Hello there! I’m Sierra Napoleon.

    I love reviewing stuff! Reading stuff! Writing stuff! Making your content the best! I’m pursuing opportunities that allow me to utilize what I learned in school and what I love to do. Some of my published works are also collected here.

    Experience

    May 2023 – Present Proofreader for eScribers

    Sept 2021 – April 2022 Staff member for Marr’s Field Journal

    Jan 2021 – April 2021 Editorial team writer for Mosaic

    Aug 2020 – Dec 2020 Editor for Call Me [Brackets]

    Aug 2019 – April 2020 Prose copy editor for New College Review

    Education

    2018 – 2022 The University of Alabama | Bachelor of Arts in English

    2015 – 2018 Limestone County Career Technical Center

    2005 – 2018 Clements High School

    Experience Expansion

    May 2023 – PresenteScribers
    Freelance Legal Proofreader    		O Proofreads an average of eight transcripts monthly
    O Finalizes a majority of assigned jobs before they are sent to client; acts as captain for most assigned jobs
    O Works on transcripts from 16 jurisdictions in nine states
    Senior Year
    (September 2021 – April 2022)    		Marr’s Field Journal
    Staff Member    		O Dispersed promotional materials for submissions in campus buildings and classes
    O Reviewed submissions to the magazine and determined if they were suitable for publication
    O Copy edited all prose pieces published in the magazine
    O Helped complete final magazine and website preparations before publication
    Junior Year
    (January 2021 – April 2021)    		Mosaic
    Editorial Team Writer    		O Wrote diversity, equity and inclusion articles for the magazine
    O Picked DEI article topics, interviewed students and professors, transcribed interviews, and listened to editor
    feedback
    O Worked with designers and photographers to produce finished articles with pictures and appropriate design
    elements
    Junior Year
    (August 2020 – December 2020)    		Call Me [Brackets]
    Writer    		O Reviewed submissions to the magazine and determined if they were suitable for publication
    O Line edited accepted submissions
    O Wrote a book review and a blog post published on the magazine website
    O Provided feedback on the fall 2020 issue’s website design
    Sophomore Year
    (August 2019 – April 2020)    		New College Review Prose Copy EditorO Copy edited all fiction stories published in the magazine
    O Assisted the other copy editors, including the nonfiction copy editor
    O Shared magazine promotional materials
    O Provided feedback to magazine designers

    Education Expansion

    The University of Alabama

    First Day
    2021 Alabama v. Arkansas Game
    Nærøy Valley behind the Stalheim Hotel
    Bryggen in Bergen, Norway
    1st place certificate for Undergrad CW Contest
    Alabama Concert Band

    Bachelor of Arts in English with minors in public relations and creative writing

    Member of UA Honors College

    Received placement on the President’s list with 4.0/4.0 GPA

    Member of English Majors and Minors Association (EMMA)

    Member of the Alabama Concert Band in freshman and sophomore years

    Received 1st place in the creative nonfiction category of the 2022 Undergraduate Creative Writing Contest

    Studied abroad in Oslo, Flåm, Bergen, and Stavanger, Norway, during July 2022 to participate in a literature class focused on studying The Hobbit

    Clements High School

    CHS Marching Band
    30+ ACT Medal Ceremony
    2018 UA Honor Band

    Member of Senior Beta and Scholars’ Bowl

    Participated in marching, jazz, and concert band

    Attended county honor band, University of North Alabama honor band, and University of Alabama honor band

    Received 30+ on the ACT

    Limestone County Career Technical Center

    Architectural & Engineering Students for the SkillsUSA State Competition

    Student in the architectural design drafting program

    Member of SkillsUSA and the National Technical Honor Society

    Received 1st place in LCCTC’s SkillsUSA competition and competed in state competition

    Some of my work

    Farmhouse on a Dead-end Street

    A poem written in my junior year of college. Published in the 2022 edition of Marr’s Field Journal. Also published in this edition is my poem Who the hell put a quiz in my Oort Cloud?

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    The House No Longer Settles

    A nonce form poem written in my junior year of college. Published in the 2021 edition of Marr’s Field Journal.

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    I Guess You Could Say I’m Salty

    A poem written to meet the theme of Battlecry, the 2021 edition of New College Review.

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    In Cubicle E

    A short story written in my freshman year of college. Published in MINDGARDEN, the 2020 edition of New College Review.

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    Contests

Life Itinerary:

A Disjointed Organization of Alphabet Soup

A creative nonfiction piece written in my senior year of college. The 1st place recipient of the Greer Marechal Memorial Prize in Creative Nonfiction for the 2022 Undergraduate Creative Writing Contest. Tries to find why I enjoy traveling so much despite my desire to just stay at home. Judge DaMaris B. Hill had this to say in regards to my work:

I really enjoyed the innovative presentation style of this memoir.  It was challenging, but also very forward thinking. The hybrid/mixed genre was a fabulous display of the author’s thinking process. The scratch outs and re-writes inspire the reader to engage with the work and question the validity of the story. This story is like a new type of travelers guide memoir and poetry signifier.

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