Writer, Copywriter, Ghostwriter, and Editor
(WHO I AM)
I’m a recognized content creator on both the editorial and marketing sides of the media. I’m known to be a strategic and creative thinker with a wide range of interests; my specialties include books, culture, green tech, travel, and entertainment.
I write:
- Editorial features, profiles, and blog posts for major outlets
- Booklets, storytelling advertorials, and long-form “edvertorials”
- Proposals and RFPs
- Email blasts
- DM
I am skilled at:
- HTML
- SEO
My online work frequently appears on TheAtlantic.com, TheAlanticWire.com, TheAtlanticCities.com, UtneDigest.com, and GuernicaMag.com.
I’ve contributed to four books. The New York Times recently praised my work as a contributor to a travel anthology. My print work has been published in Time Out New York, Maxim, US Airways, Four Seasons, and elsewhere.
Copywriting clients include: The Atlantic and its Websites, Knob Creek Bourbon, Tenthwave, The Economist, LitSeek.com, Christopher Ross Collection, Condé Nast Traveler, and The New Yorker.
I’m a former editor and writer of special sections for The New Yorker. I’ve been a managing editor at Forbes, Inc., an editor of a celebrity-oriented glossy, a research editor, associate editor, and a fact-checker.
I’m a fiction editor and manuscript editor. Esquire cited my work at Guernica magazine. The pieces I’ve edited have won many awards, such as Best of the Web, Best of the Net, and Africa’s top literary prize.
As a writer of fiction, I’ve been published in many journals, anthologized, and nominated for several awards, including Million Writers. I’ve also received various fiction-writing fellowships—most notably to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and the Summer Literary Seminars, in Russia. In the late 1990s, I had a script optioned by Columbia Pictures.
(WHAT I CAN DO FOR YOU)
Be your manuscript editor: I’ve been editing text since 1993. I can help you. Contact Me to Find Out More.
Be your freelance writer: Contact me and I’ll pitch something.
Be your copy writer: I work regularly with top clients such as The Economist, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler, The Atlantic, TheAtlanticWire, and TheAtlantic.com. I produce long-form, storytelling advertorials, “edvertorials,” blog entries, email blasts, RFPs, DM, and marketing materials. Contact Me to Find Out More.
Be your ghostwriter: I can write those newsletters, white papers, blog entries, and letters—even write those letters of recommendation you’ve been asked to produce but don’t have the time to write. Contact Me to Find Out More.
More information about me is on my Copywriter page.
(MORE THAN YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT ME)
Web Writer Credits: TheAtlanticWire.com (blogger); TheAlantic.com (blogger); LitSeek.com (contributing editor and content strategist); arts-oriented blog pieces for Guernica (senior editor, writer, and blogger); Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood (creative nonfiction).
Magazine Credits: Four Seasons (contributing writer, staff editor); Good Housekeeping (reviewer); Maxim (contributing editor); Museums Magazine (culture writer); Stuff (film reviewer; contributing editor) Time Out New York (television writer); TV Guide (film reviewer); US Airways Magazine (profiles and reviews; staff editor).
Books I’ve Contributed To: A nonfiction anthology, New York Calling (lauded by Publishers Weekly and Harper’s); travel essay anthology, Museyon Guides Film + Travel (my essay in particular was praised by The New York Times). My fiction has been anthologized in Best of Our Stories and In Our Own Words: Voices of a Generation.
Copywriter Credits (Print and Web): I wrote the Knob Creek Bourbon Website; and much of the Web copy for EconomistEducation.com. I’m a frequent copywriter for The Atlantic (advertorials for U.S. Trust, Delta Air Lines, PBS, the Irish Tourist Board, HP, Starbucks, and others). For Canada’s Luminato Arts Festival, I wrote the 2010 program; I’ve written advertorials for Condé Nast Traveler (state of Arizona, city of Phoenix, a cruise line, and others).
I’ve been a copywriter for clients such as: Barbados, Barnes & Noble, Curaçao, Mexico, Greater Miami, Random House, Scholastic, Spain, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Other copywriter experience: RFPs for The Atlantic, Email blasts for The Economist Conference Group, and SEO copy for Nissan and a fashion accessories company.
Awards and Recognition: Guernica fiction has been selected for several Best of the Web collections. A fiction piece I found in the Guernica “slush pile” was awarded “Africa’s Booker Prize,” the Caine Prize for African Writing.
My own fiction has been awarded various fiction-writing scholarships—most notably to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and the Summer Literary Seminars held in St. Petersburg, Russia.
My short stories have been published in Wigleaf, Noö Journal, Our Stories Literary Journal, elimae, InDigest and many other magazines. My work has also been anthologized and nominated for various fiction awards.
Other Experience: I’ve been writing and editing forever: in the sixth grade, I founded the school paper. In high school, I was the sports editor. For my college paper, I was an investigative reporter. While in college, I uncovered systematic waste in the university administration that earned praise from the local journalism community (and oddly, even from Ralph Nader). I eventually became the school paper’s first paid arts and features editor.
While getting my MFA at Columbia University School of the Arts, I had a screenplay optioned by a production company associated with Columbia Pictures. I also wrote and directed two sync-sound 16mm films that played at various festivals around the world, including Chicago and New York City.
If you’re interested in working with me as a freelance writer, copywriter, ghostwriter, or content editor, contact me at my Hire Me page to discuss your project and my rates. I’m available for jobs large and small. We will always agree on a set price, before the work begins. If you have a specific budget limit, let me know in advance and we’ll figure out how we can work together. I accept payment by check, bank transfer, or PayPal
Meakin Armstrong: Freelance Writer, Copywriter, Ghostwriter, and Manuscript Editor