Robyn Carter Writer Educator Storyteller

Content Development, Grant Writing, Curriculum & Online Instruction

I’m a writer, editor, educator, and curriculum developer with 20+ years of experience turning complex ideas into clear, engaging, audience-centered communication.

My work spans writing and editing, curriculum and instructional design, educational content, grant writing, and online teaching. I’ve developed and edited 300+ educational resources, taught writing, digital media, and communications at both the K12 and college levels, and secured more than $425,000 in grant funding for client organizations.

I’m the author of a forthcoming short story collection, and my fiction has appeared in several literary journals including Conjunctions, Ninth Letter, Colorado Review, and West Branch. I’ve written original television scripts, developed an ensemble series and pitch bible, and created narrative content for location-based augmented-reality games. My fiction and screenwriting have received national awards and competition recognition.

I’m especially interested in work that requires careful reading, research, language expertise, editorial judgment, and independent problem-solving—whether I’m developing a curriculum, evaluating a piece of writing, researching a grant opportunity, or helping a student become a stronger writer.

Featured Work

Teachers & Writers Magazine •

Why Hurts Is a Verb: A 14 Million Year-Long Story

It’s February 2020, one of our last weeks in the classroom before everything turns inside out, but we don’t know this yet. I am a writer in residence at a public elementary school that serves San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. A San Francisco Arts Commission grant funds my residency, part of an initiative to place poets and fiction writers in public schools, community centers, and jails to lead creative writing workshops. I’m about to teach––and learn––my most difficult lesson as an educat
First Place Award for Short Fiction | Press 53 •

Wild Kingdom | Robyn Carter

There’s a rumor going around that Mindy lives above a basement swarming with hornets and wasps. Today at lunch you hear John Pons stop her behind the batting cage and ask her if what the kids are saying is true. He’s only twelve, same as you, but he tells everyone he stole a Camaro out of someone’s open garage. You don’t know if he really did, but a few downy hairs have sprouted above his lip and he wears a jacket that says Disco Sucks, so there’s no question he’s tough.

Member, Intersection for the Arts

Intersection for the Arts is a bedrock Bay Area arts nonprofit that provides people working in arts and culture with fiscal sponsorship and resources to grow.