Matthew Solan
tel_727 458 9201     fax_727 821-7652
matthew@matthewsolan.com
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EXPERIENCE:

1998-Present

Freelance Writer

Articles published in the national publications Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Body & Soul, Natural Health, Alternative Medicine, Utne Magazine, Fit Yoga, Yoga Journal, Experience Life, Healing Lifestyles & Spas, Life Extension, Golf for Women, Weight Watchers Magazine, Cooking Light, The Writer, Poet & Writers, and Walking.

2003-2005

Senior Editor, Experience Life, Eden Praire, Minnesota, www.lifetimefitness.com/magazine

  • Wrote and edited fitness, nutrition, and adventure travel for national health and fitness publication
  • Designed editorial lineups, brainstormed story concepts, and conducted related research
  • Developed extensive resource database for editorial staff

2000-2003

Senior Editor, Yoga Journal, San Francisco, California, www.yogajournal.com                       

  • Composed and edited health, fitness, and mind-body features and departments for country’s largest yoga publication
  • Coordinated front-of-book Well Being department, which included stories on alternative medicine, nutrition, scientific research, and medical advice
  • Edited departments and features twice recognized by Folio magazine for
    Editorial Excellence [2001 and 2002]

1999-2000

Senior Writer, HealthSouth Corporation, Birmingham, Alabama

  • Conceptualized and wrote health and medical content for company web site and
    in-house publications for nation‘s largest provider of sports medicine care
  • Directed editorial for healthygolf.org, a company web site devoted to golf fitness, injury prevention, and sports nutrition
  • Penned weekly “Healthy Golf” column for PGA Tour’s web site, pgatour.com

1998-1999

Articles Editor, Weight Watchers Magazine, Birmingham, Alabama

  • Directed editorial content for 1.2 million circulation publication
  • Designed concepts for fitness, nutrition, and inspirational features
  • Drafted editorial calendar and managed team of freelance writers

1996-1998

Associate Editor and Fitness Editor, Cooking Light, Birmingham, Alabama

  • Created editorial lineups, managed freelance writers, edited and wrote food features and departments for country’s largest epicurean publication
  • Researched, wrote and edited health and fitness coverage during tenure as interim Fitness Editor
  • Coordinated and supervised annual special interest publications, “Quick & Easy Weeknights” and “Decades”

1992-1996

Editor, Business Alabama and Alabama Magazine, Birmingham, Alabama

  • Managed editorial department for state’s largest business and lifestyle magazines
  • Directed editorial content and staff of writers, editors, and freelancers
  • Edited copy and editorial layouts and supervised production and printing process

1989-1991

Staff Writer, Golfweek magazine, Winter Haven, Florida

  • Covered PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour events and collegiate, amateur,
    and junior tournaments for national weekly publication
  • Wrote regular features, columns, news stories and golf course reviews
  • Assisted with editorial layouts and production

EDUCATION:

  • M.F.A. in Writing, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
  • B.S. in Magazine Journalism, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

  • Winner of the Barksdale-Maynard Award for Fiction, presented by the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of English
  • Two-time recipient of the MFA Merit Scholarship awarded by the University of San Francisco MFA in Writing Program
  • Short stories published in the Aura Literary Arts Review and The Ingnatian Literary Magazine

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