Candice is available for freelance editing. She will accept 3-5 poems and offer detailed feedback on sound, line break, imagery, form, diction, and syntax while honoring their authentic voice; she will also address any specific concerns the poet expresses. She prefers to work in Google docs and happily accepts Venmo. Please contact her for her rates.
Candice is also available for readings, speaking events, classroom presentations, and workshops. Please contact her with your interest.
Other Things
Pen America Prison & Justice Writing Mentor
https://pen.org/mentoring-program/
Candice serves as a creative writing mentor to an incarcerated writer in an effort to celebrate different perspectives, improve craft, encourage experimentation, develop practice, and explore the literary landscape.
"What Incarcerated Writers Want the Literary Community to Understand"
Candice's Students highlighted by the Academy of American Poets during National Poetry Month
2020 Leora and David St. John - https://poets.org/dear-david-st-john-2020
2021 Nellie and Brenda Hillman - https://poets.org/dear-brenda-hillman-2021
2022 Rader and Dorianne Laux - https://poets.org/dear-dorianne-laux-2022
2022 Alexandria and Chelsea Rathburn - https://poets.org/dear-chelsea-rathburn-2022
Candice reading for the Wild & Precious Life Series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6j2RhGxW_0
Time Stamps
17:36 to 33:08