publications & media

In the news:
April, 2012. Cause Warrior Allison Johnson: Click here
April, 2012. Glenwood Springs Post Independent Click here 
April, 2012. The Aspen Times: Click here

On the web:
Book critic for San Juan Parent
Monthly blogger for online literary magazine Get Born. Posts on the third of the month.  Click here for archives.

Newspapers:
The Aspen Times, freelance articles
The Telluride Watch 2000-2006, Literary happenings and book review columnist. Column syndicated to The Mammoth Times in California.
The Snowmass Sun 2003-2004, Arts & Entertainment staff writer.
Telluride Times Journal 1997-1998. Arts & Entertainment staff writer and book review columnist.

Magazines:
The American Genealogist
Aspen Home
Aspen Magazine
Aspen Resort Properties
Edible Aspen
get born magazine
Inside/Outside
Mountain Freak Magazine
Mountain Gazette
Mountain Parent

The New England Historical and Genealogical Register

Nexus
Shelter Magazine

Telluride Magazine

Books:
Essay included in The Valley Floor Anthology: Writings and Images from the Telluride Community, 2006.
Assisted in all aspects of High Tech, High Touch by John Naisbitt (1999, Broadway Books).
Assisted in the editing of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register Index of Persons, volumes 51-148, (1995, New England Historical and Genealogical Society).

Freelance Clients:
Ascend: The Aspen Institute, Basalt Middle School, Gosnowmass.com, Mind Springs Health, Light it up Blue Aspen, Compassion Aspen, Sol Energy, Miles Media, APG Asia, Aspen Meadows, Snowmass Village Tourism, Writers in the Sky, Private Retreats, The Telluride Conference Center, ResortQuest, Telluride Resort Accommodations, The Telluride Ski & Golf Company, The Telluride Club, and Colorado Resort Services.

Awards/Honors:
2010, 2011, and 2012 Susan Brady Scholarship for Advanced Fiction, Aspen Writers Foundation
2005. Contributor to “Goin’ Places” special section in Mountain Parent, which won bronze from the Parenting Publications of America’s Editorial & Design Awards competition.
2001. Second place for mainstream novel, “Postcards to Gerty,” Paul Gillette Memorial Writing Contest, Pike’s Peak Writer’s Conference.
2001. First place for short story “Two Brothers,” in the annual Mark Fischer Literary Award, Telluride, CO.
2000. First place for the essay “Telluride Times,” in the Telluride Magazine Fiction & Essay Contest.
1998. First place for the short story “Liberty Bell” in the Telluride Magazine Fiction & Essay Contest.
1997. First place in the Special Sections Category for the Telluride Jazz Examiner from the Colorado Press Association, co-written with another writer.

©Allison D. Johnson 2012