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DIANA ELIZABETH CLARKE is a creative writer, artist, book designer, and founder of Elizabeth Publications. Her goal is to bring the world unique and impactful stories for readers to enjoy. She has a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts from the University of Baltimore (UB) and a Bachelor of Science in English with a Creative Writing emphasis from Utah Valley University (UVU).
Diana's writing focuses on Weatherlore, a literary technique and criticism she developed that pays close attention to weather imagery and its metaphorical elements. She prefers to write women-focused literary and fantasy fiction, looking to the sky and nature for inspiration.
She is the recipient of the 2025 Plork Prize from UB's College of Arts & Sciences for her writing, artwork, and design of her debut fiction collection Under Water: Stories.
Her other literary works have appeared with Welter, Kaytell Ink Publishing, Washington Writers' Publishing House, Warp & Weave, and Touchstones: Journal of Literature & Art.
Diana's professional career has consisted of work in teaching, marketing/public relations, publishing, editorial, and design. While achieving her graduate degree, she worked with as the Managing Editor and PR Director of Plork Press, as the Designer for Honeycomb Press, and as a Professor of Writing for UB's Writing Department (WRIT 101 and WRIT 200). In 2020, she worked as a scriptwriter for JeanJacques Productions and premiered two original short films on YouTube with the company. Her film "Swipe Right If You Dare" (co-written with two other JeanJacque writers) was officially selected for the 2020 Frostbite International Indie Fest.
Along with writing, Diana has a passion for dance and choreography. She professionally worked with Atlas Dance Collective for their first three seasons, where she choreographed three artistic works. In 2019, she co-founded FUSE: A Festival of Dance, Poetry, and Prose with the artistic director of Atlas Dance Collective. She has directed and produced a few screendances, Dance Is: A Literary Dance Film and Drowning, which draw on thrilling stories about her personal experience with mental health. Her choreographic work "The Fat Box" combined literature, dance, and fabric manipulation to present an autobiographical piece of artwork, which include dance choreography and memoir spoken word. Diana had the opportunity to showcase her choreography "The Fat Box," at Mudson presented by loveDANCEmore and FUSE, where it won the Audience Choice Award.
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