Narrative writing | Portfolio

Contact:
erica.ryberg@gmail.com
928.308.7650

 

Note: This list is not comprehensive. Maybe one day it will be, but it's hard to remember everything I've written, and I'm not posting the mountains of commerical copy I've also produced. You can view my résumé here.

My most recent gig was working at the South County Spotlight in Scappoose, OR. Here are a few of my favorite articles:

Man of Faith
King of Hearts
Life on Parole

Dollars, Black Flies and Owls: A Solo Cyclist Head North from Silverton
Mountain Gazette, August 2009

The Road to Sturgis: A pedalist faces down desolation in search of the ultimate two-wheel party
Overland Journal, Spring 2009

Local Trail Maintenance: Prescott's Mountain Bike Gypsies Grab a McCleod
Poprocket Magazine, May 2009

A Race for the Grasslands
The Noise Magazine, May 2008

Selections from Read It Here Magazine (Click here to view a sample issue of the print magazine).

Doing well by doing good (pdf)
Growing with grace (pdf)
He's Down with the team (pdf)
Paradise subdivided (pdf)
Playtime with javelinas beats a trip to the big box (pdf)
Women rock (pdf)
Trail 305 and the funky, corrugated tunnel of love (pdf)
Sweet Nasty sets the stage on fire
Raven Singletrack
Those sweet ballads tear you apart and those nasty grooves get you moving

Shelly Gilliam: Leader of the Pack
Prescott Woman Magazine, Cover Story, June/July 2008

Holiday gift ideas help kids have fun learning to save
Prescott Valley Tribune, December 2008

Slipping By: Prescott's Creeks in Space and TIme
Creekside Almanac (Pg 4)

Red Feather builds homes and communities
High Country News, February 2007

Waste into Walls: Building Casas Out of Sand, SmithsonianMagazine.com, August 2006

Building the New Urbanism, SmithsonianMagazine.com, August 2006

Building Sustainable Cities, SmithsonianMagazine.com, August 2006

Western growth puts the squeeze on mountain lions and activists, Inside/Outside, July 2006

A guide to hunting alligators in the Southwest, Inside/Outside, April 2006

Bill the Cat Heads Home, No Compromise, 2006

Interim Editor, Transitions, Prescott College's alumni magazine, Summer-Fall 2005

Arizona Wilderness Coalition Newsletter, Monarchs of the Forest

The Stray Cat, Publication of the Catalyst Infoshop, two feature stories. Contact me for this clip.

Website Design

markvinciart.com

ericawriter.com

nicolehmusic.com

thekidsfund.com (contributed visual design and organization and a boatload of writing - now discontinued)

childrens100index.com (contributed visual design and organization and writing)

Projects Winter-Summer 2005 and projects from Minneapolis.

Prescott College Transitions :: Summer 2005
Non-profit promotes education in the Dominican Republic (Pg 9)

Prescott Daily Courier :: Spring 2005
Kestrel High students finish year with reservation service project

Yavapai College Rough Writer :: 2005 (This list of Rough Writer articles is by no means comprehensive)

March
National recognition awarded to building technology students
April
Search for new YC president intensifies (Page 1)
Support for Prescott Campus' multiuse trail is on the rise
May
AG investigation of governing board complete
Full-time faculty have no life outside the Batcave
September
YC welcomes new president (Page 1) &
Enrollment rates continue to drop (Page 2)

The Raven Review :: Spring 2005
April 8
The Prescott Downtown Mural Project
April 29
A Tale of Two Ranches

Minneapolis Publications :: 2004-2005
Bringing Up Baby In School, Southwest Journal, Minneapolis, MN

Counter-Inaugural Events, St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, Minneapolis, MN

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