Al Sullivan
201-653-3984 (H)
201-798-7800 (W)
Awards:
Awards for 2004
Photo of the
year
First place
Photo features
Science, Health and Medicine Reporting
Awards for 2003
Awards for 2002
Garden State Journalists Association
First Place for Feature writing for "Catching the Auto Parts Bug"
Second Place for Public Service: "A walk in the Meadows"
First Place: Personality Profiles: "What's a bagel"
Third Place: Personality Profiles: "Sending in the clown"
First Place, Column Writing: "World Series of Corruption"
Third Place, Column Writing: "How Bobby J milked the county cash cow"
New Jersey Society of Professional
Journalists
Second Place Investigative
Reporting, , "No rest for Hudson’s Dead
New Jersey Press Association
Third Place, Public Service, "No Rest For Hudson's Dead"
2001
Journalist of the Year -- New Jersey Press Association
First Place -- First Amendment Award -- NJPA
Second Place -- Environmental Writing, NJPA
First Place -- Column Writing: North Jersey Press Club
Second Place -- Personality Profile: NJPC
Second Place -- Public Service -- NJPC
Friend of the Hackensack River Award
State Senate and Assembly resolution by Sacco and Impreveduto
State Assembly resolution by Weinberg and Ziza
Hudson County Freeholder Resolution
2000
Second Place: Environmental writing -- NJ Professional Society of Journalists
Second Prize: Feature Writing, New Jersey Press Association
Third Prize: Environmental Reporting, New Jersey Press Association
Honorable Mention -- Spot News Photography: New Jersey Press Association
Honorable Mention: Public Service Reporting: North Jersey Press Club
1999
1st Place, Environmental Reporting, New Jersey Press Association
1st Place, Interpretive Writing, New Jersey Press Association
3rd Place, First Amendment Award, New Jersey Press Association
3rd Place, Investigative Reporting, New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists
3rd Place, Profile Reporting, New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists
1998
1st Place, Investigative Reporter, New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists
1st Place, Public Service, New Jersey Press Association
1997-
1st Place, Enterprise Reporting, New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists
2nd Place, Investigative Reporting, New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists
1996
-1st Place, Feature Writing, New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists
Journalism judging
2000, journalism judge for feature writing, Keystone Press Association
2002, journalism judge for investigative reporter, Connecticut Press Association
2002, journalism judge for photography and editorial art, Garden State Scholastic Press Assocaition
2003 journalism judge for the Kentucky Press Association
2003 journalism judge for the Indiana Press Association
Readings, Features, Lectures and
Perfornances
May, 2004, The Back Fence, NYC
Feb, 2004, writing workshop at Huber Street School, Secaucus
Jan. 1, 2004, Bowery Poetry Club New Year’s Celebration, NYC
Oct. 2003, Art House feature, Jersey City
2002-2003, Art House Cable Broadcast series
May, 2003, Outdoor reading series in Jersey City
April 2003, Orange Bear Café, NYC, feature reading
April, 2003, Secaucus Public Library, Feature reading
Oct. 30, 2002, Camden County Public Library, monsters and beasts in Lord of the Rings
Sept. 9, 2002, Camden County Public Library, Lecture of World Trade Center attack aftermath
April, 2002, Earth Day lecture on environmental themes in Lord of the Rings
March, 2002, Huber Street elementary school, lecture of United States moon landings
Jan. to Aug 2002 -- Oradell Public Library, Clifton Public Library, Everyday people talk
Dec. 2001 Clark Library, Hoboken Library, Town Books, Maplewood and Westfield, book talk
Oct. - Nov. Hunterdon County Library, WBAI-FM Hour of the Wolf interview, book talk
Aug- Sept. 2001, Barnes & Noble: Marlton, Paramus, E. Brunswick, Hoboken, book talk
Aug., 2001, WBGO interview about Everyday People
June, 2001: Barnes & Noble, Route 22 Springfield, Everyday people talk
May, 2001: Secaucus senior citizen center
April, 2001: Book talk at Secaucus Public Library
2000: Featured author at Barnes & Noble Writer's Workshop
1999: Lecture on Literature at the Newark Museum
1997: Featured reader at the Baggot Inn, New York City
1995: Featured reader at Blackwater Books, Hoboken and Grace Church, Jersey City
1987: Short play produced and performed at William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
1986: Short story broadcast on WBAI-FM, New York
1986: Play produced and performed as part of theater festival at William Paterson College
1981: Writer for Paterson's Inner City Ensemble
1979 - 1981-- Participated in literary events with Paterson's Silk City Poets
1978 - 1985 -- Participated in Passaic Poetry Workshop
Publishing record
2001 -- Everyday People published
2000 -- Everyday People, a book of news profiles accepted by Rugters University Press
1977 - present -- Published short fiction, novel excerpts and poetry in various literary publications
1996 -- Chapbook The Stranger at Pooh Corner published by WordSmith Press
1996 -- Scrap Paper Review Web site established
1996 -- The Stranger at Pooh Corner published on the Web at Enchanted Place
1995 -- Chapbook The Flute published by WordSmith Press
1993 -- Chapbook The Way the Story Goes published by WordSmith Press
1982 - present -- Editor, designer, layout, writer and distributor of Scrap Paper Review
1982 -- Contributor to Pats on the Back, William Paterson College's political magazine
1980 - 1984 -- Editor and contributor, Essence, literary magazine of William Paterson College
1978 - 1985 -- published in Passaic Review
Experience
2000 - present -- Freelance writer for Worrell Community Newspapers
1994 - present -- Staff writer for the Hudson Current entertainment weekly
1992 - present -- Staff writer for the Secaucus Reporter newspaper
1997 -1998 -- Staff writer for the Independent Press in Bloomfield
1997 - 1998 -- Staff writer for the Glen Ridge Paper
1996 Article on Lambert Castle, Paterson, for "On The Map" in The New York Times
1988 - 1990 -- Writing promotional materials for two Christian rock bands
1988 - 1990 -- Correspondent for Today Weekly Newspapers,
1988 -- Article in WBAI-FM Folio
1985 --- Stringer for the Paterson News
1980 - 1984 -- William Paterson College's student newspaper, The Beacon
1980 - 1981 -- Published series of articles in the Independent Prospector, Clifton, NJ
1979 --- Published articles in local NJ monthly, Acquackanonk Times