Bethany Hammer - Intern

A Little Bit About Me

Bethany Hammer graduated from Southern Utah University with a Bachelor’s degree in English, focusing on Creative Writing. Prior to SUU, she went to Snow College and achieved her Associate’s of Arts degree, mainly focusing on English.

With this internship, I’m excited to learn all the ins and outs of publishing. However, my main expectation from this experience is to learn how to publish my own books. Along the lines of that, I want to learn how to edit, proofread, and any other aspects in the publishing field.

My favorite genres include Fantasy & Sci-Fi, Young Adult, Fiction, Poetry, etc. I see myself contributing to the publishing industry either through writing or helping others develop their own stories. I want to make an impact by bringing my own, or other people’s stories, to life. My experience with books and writing started when I started to really take this field seriously in middle school. Since then, I’ve written a whole bunch of stories and poetry, nonfiction essays and articles. My publications so far include some poetry:

• “Weeds: The Literary Journal of Snow College 2019” (By Anita Slusser, Published April 5th, 2019)

• The Song of a Glass Hummingbird

• Snow

• Flame and Darkness

• “Most of Us Didn’t Know This Was a Poetry Class” (Edited by Anita Slusser, Published April 7th, 2019)

• Silent Potential

• Raging Stars

• “Kolob Canyon Review: Spring 2021” (Published Spring 2021)

• Galaxy of Nightmares

• Marble Tranquility

An article:

• Snow College Magazine: Fall 2022 (Published August 24, 2022)

And some songs:

• Daw S.O.S. Co-Songwriter

• “Hurt Me” (Published February 23, 2023)

• “Sober” (Published April 30, 2023)

• “No Me” (Published April 30, 2023)

These publications have really given me confidence as a writer and fueled my passion for stories and the art of writing even more. It’s really made me feel like publishing is the field for me.