Writing Coach
Porter Yelton is a fiction writer and travel essayist who calls Chicago and Shanghai home. His work has appeared in Apricity, All American Whiskey, Driftwood, Midwest Living, and Porchlight. He holds a BA in English from NYU and an MFA in Fiction from The Ohio State University, where he received the Tara M Kroger Short Story Award. His writing has been supported by The Sewanee Writers Conference and the Greater Columbus Arts Council.
Porter has taught writing at New York University Shanghai and The Ohio State University. Having worked both as a personal statement coach and as an admissions reader, he knows the most important part of any story is a writer’s individual personality. He makes it his mission to draw out each client’s uniqueness and voice in their writing.