Hi! And welcome.

I’m a writer and editor in North Carolina.

I’ve been the deputy editor of the Chicago Reader and, most recently, Atlanta magazine, where I oversaw the news and food sections and edited feature stories. In my time there, we were honored in the categories of longform writing, magazine section, and overall editorial excellence at the Folio: Eddie and Ozzie Awards, and pieces that I edited won prizes at the Atlanta Press Club and the James Beard Media Awards. The APC also nominated a package that I co-edited in its news innovation category. I’m also a former senior writer at Epicurious. (More about all of this on my LinkedIn profile.)

My writing has appeared in New York magazine, Garden & Gun, the Drift, Grist, Chicago magazine, Canopy Atlanta, Lapham’s Quarterly, Condé Nast Traveler, the Chicago Tribune, the LA Review of Books, the Outline (RIP), the Awl (RIP), and elsewhere. I also have an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.

Story editing aside, my first love is probably copy editing, and I’m always looking for those kinds of gigs. I’m highly proficient in both Chicago and AP styles, and have worked on everything from academic dissertations to corporate annual reports. For several years I was a senior editor at Fitch Ink, an editorial services firm with clients including GE and Heineken.

Some writing samples are available here, and some examples of magazine work that I’ve edited are here. Email me at samuel.lwe [at] gmail.