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Curriculum Vitae of Justine Johnston Hemmestad

 

Education

MA       Northern Arizona University, Master of Arts,                                     May 2020

             English Literature, with distinction            

 

BLS     The University of Iowa, Bachelor of Liberal Studies,                             May 2015

             Distance Learning

 

AA      Iowa Central Community College, Distance Learning                          May 2010

 

Honors and Awards

 

Northern Arizona University Distinction                                                              2020

 

National Endowment of the Arts Grant Applicant                                               2015

 

Courses through Iowa Writers Workshop                                                               2015

 

University of Iowa Distance Learning Scholarship                                                 2013

 

University of Iowa Honors Program                                                                        2011                                                                              

 

University of Iowa Distance Learning Transfer Scholarship                                  2011                                          

 

Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society                                                       2010

 

International Scholar Laureate Program Delegation on

Anthropology and Archaeology Nominee                                                              2006                                                             

 

National Dean’s List                                                                                                  2005

 

Publications

Books

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1. Title/Author: Macbeth’s Spinners, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

   Publisher: Antimony and Elder Lace Press

   Publication Date: September 2022

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   Pages: 223

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 2. Title/Author: Visions of a Dream, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

     Publisher: Turtle Shell Publishing

     Publication Date: 2017-04-12

      ISBN: 978-1543030327

      Pages: 446

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3.   Title/Author: Truth be Told, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

      Publisher: Faith by Grace Publishing

      Publication Date: 2016-03-18

      ISBN: 978-0692627686

      Pages: 118

 

4.  Title/Author: Our Wild Winds: A Quabbin Quills Anthology

     Publisher: Perpetual Imagination

     Publication Date: 2023-09-14

      ISBN: ‎ 978-1735257631

      Pages: 10

 

5.  Title/Author: A Troubled Secret, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

     Publisher: Wicked Shadow Press

     Publication Date: 28 May 2023

      https://www.lulu.com/shop/rasiika-sen/wicked-flashes-of-fantasy/paperback/product-74g827.html?         page=1&pageSize=4

      Pages: 2

 

6. Title/Author: My Beating Heart (Fae Shivers: Forgotten Horrors), by Justine Johnston

     Hemmestad

     Publisher: Fae Corps Publishing

     Publication Date: 2021-11-15

     ISBN: 978-1-668-55298-8 ‎ 

     Pages: 15

 

7. Title/Author: The Honorable Quest (Into Glen: Into the Light), by Justine Johnston

     Hemmestad

     Publisher:  Fae Corps Publishing

     Publication Date: 2021-8-18

      ISBN: 9781668523179

      Pages: 13

 

8.  Title/Author: The Fairy Princess (Tot Tales), by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

      Publisher: United Faedom Publishing

      Publication Date: 2021-03-20

      ASIN: ‎ B08XP4N6SG

      Pages: 15

 

9.  Title/Author: Sens’ Nightmare (A Locked Door), by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

     Publisher: Antimony and Elder Lace Press

     Publication Date: 2020-08

     ASIN: B08G73BF3R

     Pages:13

 

10. Title/Author: Meadowland (Fairy Tale Riot: The Clarion Call Volume 4), by Justine

      Johnston Hemmestad

      Publisher: Very Good Books

      Publication Date: 2018-09-14

      ISBN: 978-1725158634

      Pages:8

 

11.  Title/Author: Love Be But Hidden (Qutub Minar Review: Volume 1, Issue 2), by Justine            

       Johnston Hemmestad 

       Publisher: Qutub Minar Review

       Publication Date: 2018-05-03

       ASIN: B07CVWDMZ

       Pages: 10

 

12.  Title/Author: What I Love (Literature Today: Volume 4), by Justine Johnston            

      Hemmestad

      Publisher: Literature Today

      Publication Date: 2016-01-07

       ISBN: 978-1523281626

       Pages: 1

 

13.  Title/Author: Like Job (Harbinger Asylum: Winter 2015), by Justine Johnston

      Hemmestad

      Publisher: Transcendent Zero Press

      Publication Date: 2016-01-16

      ISBN: 978-1519748942

      Pages: 1

 

14. Title/Author: Writing (Chicken Soup for the Soul: Recovering from Traumatic Brain

      injuries), written by Justine Johnston Hemmestad and edited by Amy Newmark

      Publisher: Simon & Schuster

      Publication Date: 2014-06-24

      ISBN: 9781611599381

      # of pages: 2

 

15. Title/Author: The Staircase (Lost Tales from the Mountain, A Halloween Anthology:

     Volume 1), by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

     Mountain Spring House Authors

     Publisher: Mountain Springs House

     Publication Date: 2013-10-29

     ISBN: 9781940022314

     # of pages: 3

 

16. Title/Author: The Train (Gingersnaps and Candy Canes), by Justine Johnston

      Hemmestad

      Publisher: Dancing With Bear Publishing

      Publication Date: 2013-12-04

      ISBN: 9780615928999

      # of pages: 7

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17.  Title/Author: Metamorphosis (Whispers from the Past), by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

      Publisher: North2South Publishing

      Publication Date: 2013-10-29

      ISBN: 9781940022307

      # of pages: 7

 

18. Title/Author: Missed Phone Call (Y City Writers Conference Contest), by Justine Johnston

      Hemmestad

      Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

      Publication Date: 2010-11-21

      ISBN: 978-1456336905

      # of pages: 1

 

19.  Title/Author: Beauty, (Anthology of Religious Prose and Poetry) written by Justine

       Johnston Hemmestad and edited by Eric Mwathi

       Publisher: Anthology 29

       Publication Date: 2013-11-05

       # of pages: 10

        URL: http://issuu.com/ericmwathi/docs/secondissue

 

20.  Title/Author: Called by Fate, (ME Haunted Love Stories), by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

       Publisher: Macabre Maine

       Publication Date: 2016-2-12

       ISBN: 978-1-329-69373-9

       # of pages: 10

 

21.  Title/Author: The Chocolate Goddess (Death by Chocolate), by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

      Publisher: KnightWatch Press

      Publication Date: 2016-03-06

       ISBN: 978-1530401291

       # of pages: 11

 

 22.  Title/Author: The Golden Deal (The World Retold, edited and by The Writers’ Guild of Iowa State University), by          Justine Johnston Hemmestad

        Publisher: The Writers’ Guild of Iowa State University

        ISBN-13: 978-1530991921

        # of pages: 25

 

23.  Title/Author: A Moment (Black Candy anthology), by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

       Publisher: Jaded Books Publishing

        ISBN-13: 9781945987144

        # of pages: 6

 

 

Journal Publications

 

Non-fiction:

24.  Title/Author: A Persecuted Voice, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

       Publisher: Wishbone Words

       Published: April 2023

       URL: https://wishbonewords.com/magazine/issue-10

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25.  Title/Author: Ten of the Oldest Pieces of Literature, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

       Publisher: Mental Floss

       Published: 28 November 2022

       URL: https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/oldest-literature

 

26.  Title/Author: BOOK REVIEW The Red Tent by Anita Diamant — Book Review by Justine

       Johnston Hemmestad

       Publisher: The Agape Review

       Publication: January 1, 2022

       URL: https://agapereview.com/2022/01/01/theredtent/?fbclid=IwAR0xISNKrkTm9Uv-      iM6N59T2TwuiwQBYGYQ2MIap_AaTHFQlj2iX52IKoww

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27.  Title/Author: BOOK REVIEW The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd – Book Review    by Justine Johnston               Hemmestad

       Publisher: The Agape Review

       Publication: March

       URL: https://agapereview.com/2022/03/09/thebookoflongings/

 

28.  Title/Author: BOOK REVIEW The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman – Book Review by Justine Johnston               Hemmestad

      Publisher: The Agape Review

      Publication: June

      URL: https://agapereview.com/2022/06/11/thedovekeepers/

 

29.  Title/Author: Jane Eyre and the Stereotypes of Nineteenth Century Women/J.J.    

       Hemmestad

       Publisher: Research Scholar An International Refereed e-Journal of Literary Explorations,  Dr. Jitendra Arolia

 

30   Santosh Villa, Dwarikadhish Colony, 60 Foot Road, Thatipur, Morar, Gwalior (M.P.) India- 474011,        http://www.researchscholar.co.in/

       Publication Date/Volume-Issue: 08/2014/ Vol. 2 Issue III

        ISSN: 2320 – 6101

        # of pages: 3

        URL: http://www.researchscholar.co.in/downloads/139--j.-j.--hemmestad.pdf

 

 30   Title/Author: Reasons that Aristotle may have poisoned Alexander the Great, featured

        Article, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

        Publisher: Cottage Reader, Journal of Philosophy, Art and Culture

        Publication Date/Volume-Issue:2013/11/09/ Vol. 2, No. 3 (September-December 2013)

        URL: http://cottagereader.com/2013/11/06/reasons-that-aristotle-may-have-poisoned-alexander-the-great/

 

31   Title/Author:  Writing As My Sacred Path, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad     

       Publisher: The Whirlwind Review, edited by Jill Jepson

       Publication Date/Volume-Issue: Autumn 2013/ Issue 5

       URL: http://www.writingthewhirlwind.net/issue5.pdf

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32.  Title/Author: Paying it Backward, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

       Publisher: Draft Journal

       Publication Date: 2013/8/30

       URL: http://draftjournal.com/blog/hemmestad/

 

33.  Title/Author: Love Letter from Gold Hill, Nevada on Love Letters from the Internet

      Publisher: Black Heart Magazine, Laura Roberts

      Publication Date: 2013/09/08

      URL: http://blackheartmagazine.com/2013/09/08/love-letter-from-gold-hill-nevada-1880/

 

34.  Title/Author: The Nuances of The Lady in the Lake and the Maltese Falcon, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

       Publisher: Mysterical-E

       Publication Date:

       URL:     

 

35.  Title/Author: Purpose, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

      Publisher: TBI Hope Magazine

      Publication Date/Volume-Issue: 2016/05

      URL: http://tbihopeandinspiration.com/June2016.pdf

 

36.  Title/Author: Justine’s Amazing Story of Moving Forward, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

       Publisher: Moving Forward After Brain Injury

       Publication Date: 2016/07/28

       URL: http://movingforwardafterbraininjury.com/survivor-stories-and-updates/justines-amazing-story-of-moving-forward

 

Poetry:

37.  Title/Author: Emily Bronte’s Pen, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

       Publisher: Poetica Victorian Magazine

       Publication Date/Volume-Issue: 2012/Volume 1, Issue 3

       URL: http://media.wix.com/ugd/7fb8d5_e19a5c4a707333e168b21d994612ef91.pdf

 

38.  Title/Author: Courage, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

       Publisher: The Classical Poets Society

       Publication Date/Volume-Issue: 2012/12/28/ Entry into the Classical Poets Society 2012 Poetry Competition

       URL: http://classicalpoets.org/courage-by-justine-johnston-hemmestad-of-burnside-iowa/

 

39.  Title/Author: Books, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

       Publisher: Muse, a Journal of Poetry

       Publication Date: 2013/07

       URL: https://themusepoetry.wordpress.com/2013/07/16/a-poem-by-justine-johnston-hemmestad/

 

40.  Title/Author: Exile, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

       Publisher: Empty Sink Publishing

       Publication Date/Volume-Issue: 2013/11/04/ Issue 1

       URL: http://emptysinkpublishing.com/archives/issue-1/exile/

 

41.  Title/Author: Birth of a Nation, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

      Publisher: The Voices Project

      Publication Date: 2015/05/21

      URL: http://www.thevoicesproject.org/poetry-library/birth-of-a-nation-by-justine-johnston-hemmestad

 

42.  Title/Author: American Grief, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

       Publisher: Yellow Chair Review

       Publication Date/Volume-Issue: 2015/10/01/ Horror Issue

       URL: http://issuu.com/yellowchairreview/docs/ycrhorrorissue

 

43.  Title/Author: Celestial and The Source, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

       Publisher: The Syzygy Poetry Journal

       Publication Date/Volume-Issue: 2015

       URL: https://syzygypoetry21.wordpress.com/2015/10/06/justine-johnston-hemmestad/

 

44.  Title/Author: What I Love, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

       Publisher: Literature Today

       Publication Date/Volume-Issue: 2016/01/07 / Volume 4

       ISBN/EAN13: 1523281626 / 9781523281626

       URL: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Literature-Today-Vol-Issue-Volume/dp/1523281626

 

45.  Title/Author: Like Job, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

       Publisher: Transcendent Zero Press

       Publication Date/Volume-Issue: Winter 2015

       URL: http://www.amazon.com/Harbinger-Asylum-Winter-various-authors/dp/1519748949/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1453305268&sr=8-2&keywords=Harbinger+Asylum

 

46.  Title/Author: Secret Agent, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

       Publisher: The Basil O' Flaherty

       Publication Date: 2016/07/28

       URL: http://thebasiloflaherty.weebly.com/feminists-poems.html

 

47.  Title/Author: Time Flies, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

       Publisher: Kaleidoscope, United Disability Services, Akron, Ohio

       Publication Date: 2020/08

 

 

Fiction:

48.  Title/Author: The Flute, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

       Publisher: Ealain Magazine

       Publication Date/Volume-Issue: 2015/06/ Issue 10, Into the Dark edition4

       URL: http://www.magzter.com/ZA/MPA-Publishing/Ealain/Art/110203

 

49.  Title/Author: La Luna, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

       Publisher: Sirens Call e-zine

       Publication Date/Volume-Issue: 2015/02/ Issue 19, Women in Horror Month edition

       URL: http://www.sirenscallpublications.com/pdfs/SirensCallEZine_Feb2015.pdf

 

50.  Title/Author: Life, Between, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

       Publisher: Tracer

       Publication Date: 2015/05/11

       URL: http://www.tracerpublishing.com/stories/2015/5/11/life-between-justine-johnston-hemmestad

 

51.  Title/Author: The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

      Publisher: Zoetic Press

      Publication Date/Volume-Issue: 2016/06/ Issue 9 of Nonbinary Review, A Study in Scarlet

      URL: https://zoetic-press.myshopify.com/collections/anthologies/products/nonbinary-review-9-a-study-in-scarlet

 

52.  Title/Author: Allure (What Lies Beneath)

      Publisher: Pilcrow and Dagger

      Publication Date: 2017-10-01

      URL: www.pilcrowdagger.com

 

53.  Title/Author: The Train, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

       Publisher: Ancient Paths

       Publication Date: 2020-11-28

       URL: https://www.facebook.com/Ancient-Paths-Literary-Magazine-124626725957/

 

54.  Title/Author: The Heart’s Famine, by Justine Johnston Hemmestad

       Publisher: The Green Shoe Sanctuary

       Publication Date: 2022-2-2

       URL: http://thegreenshoesanctuary.Wordpress.com/current-issue-02

 

 

 

Languages

 

English: Native Language

 

German: Beginning Listener, Beginning Reading

 

Other

 

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Independent study course ENG 697 at Northern Arizona University           2020

Dr. Timothy Yamamura

Master’s Thesis focusing on Mary Shelley and Inuit culture,

which led to extensive research, proofreading, and editing experience

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Daughters of the American Revolution Member and Officer                                                                                      Librarian and Chaplain; American History and American Heritage Chair    2014-2023                                

 

University of Iowa Archaeology Field School                                                    2005

Plum Grove Farmstead, Iowa

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