Kilby Allen

Kilby Allen is a native of the Mississippi Delta, and received her MFA from Brooklyn College, where she was awarded both the Himan Brown Award and the Lainoff Prize in 2010. While living in New York, she worked in the literary department at Symphony Space and helped with the production of WNYC’s Selected Shorts. Currently, she is a PhD candidate and Kingsbury Fellow at Florida State University. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in such journals as Nashville Review, Drunken Boat, Day One, and elsewhere.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Florida State University (2010 — 2015)
• Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Brooklyn College (2008 — 2010)
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Sewanee-The University of the South (2002 — 2006)

Companies

• Adjunct Instructor Purdue University Global (2021)
• Adjunct Instructor Southern New Hampshire University (2020)
• Adjunct Instructor Central Texas College (2019)
• Assistant Professor Of English Delta State University (2016 — 2017)
• Adjunct Professor Fordham University (2015 — 2016)
• Graduate Teaching Assistant Florida State University (2010 — 2015)
• Literary Department Intern Symphony Space (2009 — 2010)