Pittershawn Palmer is a published freelance writer and author. She was inducted into Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society at Iona University, where she earned her B.A. in English . She also earned her M.S. in Journalism (magna cum laude) from Iona University and her M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Goddard College. She published her fiction novel When We Were One; a book of poetry, Words Loving Emotions, and “Lights on a Cave Wall” for the anthology Making the Hook-Up.
Pittershawn is working on her second fiction novel, several short stories, and is penning a memoir, In the Space of Scattered Memories, which shares snippets of her life as a Jamaican immigrant. She published her non-fiction work, Racism: The Unacceptable Excuse, and her micro fiction prose, “The Highway,” was published in Goddard College’s literary journal, The Pitkin Review and herpiece, “Daughters of Tomorrow,” was showcased on the website, Restoration Plaza, for 50in50: Letters to Our Daughters, shaped and curated by MacArthur Fellow Dominique Morriseau through The Billie Holiday Theatre. She received honorable mention in Writer’s Relief’s First Annual Peter K. Hixson Memorial Scholarship Award for short prose. As a poet, she has written dozens of poems and enjoys the music that is poetry. She has written and/or fact-checked for publications including, Black Enterprise, Essence, African Voices, O, The Oprah Magazine, Kuji, The Chicago Defender, The Pocono Record, Ebony News Today, NV Magazine and The Amsterdam News. For over 15 years she has worked with African Voices, eight of those years as the Festival Coordinator, Website Developer and Volunteer Coordinator for the Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival. Over the last two years, she’s worked as the African Voices magazine graphic designer responsible for the magazine layout and, periodically, marketing and advertising graphics.