A writer of short stories and essays, Julieanna Blackwell's stories and essays have appeared in Lunch Ticket, Literary Orphans, Slippery Elm Literary Journal, MoonPark Review, and elsewhere. Her stories were featured in Sarasota SCENE Magazine’s yearly beach read issues and the Naples Daily News published her humorous column of personal essays. She is also an editor for 805 Literary and Arts Journal, the first literary journal published by a public library in the country. She developed and leads the Elements and Arcs series of writing classes and workshops.