Javacia Harris Bowser

About Javacia Harris Bowser

Javacia Harris Bowser is an award-winning journalist, writing coach and blogger dedicated to helping women share their stories and become the authors of their lives. Javacia’s 2022 essay collection Find Your Way Back: How to Write Your Way Through Anything has received awards from the National Federation of Press Women. In Birmingham, Javacia is best known as the founder of See Jane Write, which a friend of hers once called “the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pens.” See Jane Write is a website and community for women who write and blog that Javacia founded in 2011 in her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. Today, See Jane Write serves and brings together women from across the country and around the world. Javacia was included in Southern Living magazine’s list of Innovators Changing the South, alongside household names like Dolly Parton and Reese Witherspoon and was a recipient of the 2022 Alabama State Council on the Arts Fellowship. A highly sought-after speaker, Javacia has led workshops and delivered keynotes for a number of organizations including the Alabama Writers Cooperative, the National Association of Black Journalists, and the National Federation of Press Women.With a focus on profiles, Black excellence, and women’s wellness and lifestyle, Javacia has written for a number of local, regional and national media outlets including ELLE magazine, Good Housekeeping, Shondaland.com, Good Grit magazine, and The Birmingham Times. In 2020, the Alabama Press Association awarded her column for Birmingham magazine Best Magazine Column.Prior to becoming a full-time freelance writer, Javacia taught English at the Alabama School of Fine Arts, a school for young people gifted in the arts and math and science. She’s also worked as a staff reporter for the Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky. Javacia is a proud graduate of the journalism programs at the University of Alabama and the University of California at Berkeley. When she isn’t writing, you can find Javacia working out, eating tacos, listening to Beyoncé or spending time with her husband Edward.

Experience

1. Founder

   See Jane Write Llc

   Mar 2011 — Present · Birmingham, AL, US

   See Jane Write LLC is a website and membership community for women writers, bloggers and entrepreneurs. We host panel discussions, workshops, conferences, and social events for female literary artists, communications professionals, and small business owners. See Jane Write also offers coaching and courses.

Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  MA, Journalism

  2003 — 2005

• The University of Alabama

  BA, Journalism, English, Creative Writing

  1999 — 2002

Skills

• Editorial
• Publishing
• Radio
• Interviews
• Feature Articles
• Freelance Writing
• Storytelling
• Social Media
• Blogging
• Teaching
• Writing
• Creative Writing
• Journalism
• Magazines