Scott Brownlee

J. Scott Brownlee is a poet and novelist from Llano, Texas. His writing appears widely and includes the poetry chapbooks Highway or Belief (2013 Button Poetry Prize), Ascension (2014 Robert Phillips Poetry Prize), and On the Occasion of the Last Old Camp Meeting in Llano County (2015 Tree Light Books Prize). His first full-length poetry collection, Requiem for Used Ignition Cap, was selected by C. Dale Young as the winner of the 2015 Orison Poetry Prize, named a finalist for the National Poetry Series and Writers’ League of Texas Book Award, and received the 2016 Best First Book of Poetry from the Texas Institute of Letters. Brownlee is a founding member of The Localists, a literary collective that emphasizes place-based writing of personal witness, cultural memory, and the aesthetically marginalized working class. He currently lives in Austin, teaches for Brooklyn Poets as a core faculty member, and is a former Writers in the Public Schools Fellow at NYU, where he earned his MFA.

Education

• Bachelor of Arts (BA) with Highest Honors The University of Texas at Austin
• Master of Fine Arts (MFA) New York University
• Master of Science (MS) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Companies

• Associate Director - Professional Solutions Forte Foundation (2022)
• Program Manager - MBA & Professional Programs Forte Foundation (2020)
• Cofounder and Partner Networth Careers LLC (2019)
• Career & Talent Development Consultant McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin (2017 — 2020)
• Admissions Consultant Stacy Blackman Consulting (2017 — 2018)
• Core Faculty Member BROOKLYN POETS INC (2015 — 2018)
• Senior Admissions Counselor The Wharton School (2015 — 2017)
• Assistant Director of the University Learning Center | Academic Advisor New York University (2014 — 2015)
• Prelaw and Premed Academic Advisor New York University (2013 — 2014)

Skills

• Cover Letter Review
• Career Coaching
• Resume Review

Other

Teaching, Higher Education, Copy Editing, Poetry, Literature, Editing, Creative Writing