Elliot Nicely

Poet

Lakewood, OH
Ohio US
Email: 
elliotnicely@yahoo.com

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Haiku 21.2 (Modern Haiku Press, 2025)
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Bird Whistle: An Anthology of Contemporary Bird Haiku (bottle rockets press, 2023)
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Earthworks (Press Here, 2023)
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Shaping Water: Erotic Haiku and Tanka (Moth Orchid Press, 2022)
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jar of rain: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku, 2020 ed. (Red Moon Press, 2021)
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Another Trip Around the Sun: 365 Days of Haiku for Children Young and Old (Brooks Books, 2020)
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The Ohio Haiku Anthology (Cuttlefish Books, 2020)
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A New Resonance 11: Emerging Voices in English-language Haiku (Red Moon Press, 2019)
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Poets to Come: A Poetry Anthology (Local Gems Press, 2019)
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old song: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku, 2017 ed. (Red Moon Press, 2018)
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The 2016 Hessler Street Fair Poetry Anthology (Crisis Chronicles Press, 2016)
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galaxy of dust: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku, 2015 ed. (Red Moon Press, 2016)
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Something Out of Nothing (Red Moon Press, 2014)
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Now This: Contemporary Poems of Beginnings, Renewals, and Firsts (Wasteland Press, 2013)
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evolution: The Red Moon Anthology of English-language Haiku, 2010 ed. (Red Moon Press, 2011)
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Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka Vol. 3 (Modern English Tanka Press, 2011)
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seed packets: an anthology of flower haiku (bottle rockets press, 2010)
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Dust of Summers: The Red Moon Anthology of English-language Haiku, 2007 ed. (Red Moon Press, 2008)
Book:
Sine Qua Non (Red Moon Press, 2024)
Chapbooks:
Weathered Clapboard (bottle rockets press, 2023)
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The Black Between Stars (Crisis Chronicles Press, 2017)
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Tangled Shadows: Senryu and Haiku (Rosenberry Books, 2013)
Journals:
Acorn
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Amaze: The Cinquain Journal
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Atlas Poetica
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bottle rockets
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Candelabrum
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Cattails
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Eucalypt: A Tanka Journal
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Frogpond
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Haiku Pix Review
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Hard Row to Hoe
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Kingfisher
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Kokako
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Mayfly
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Modern Haiku
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Moonset
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Nisqually Delta Review
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Notes from the Gean
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Paper Wasp
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Presence
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Riverbed Haiku
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Scryptic
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Sketchbook: A Journal for Eastern & Western Short Forms
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Skylark Tanka Journal
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SP Quill
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White Lotus Magazine
Prizes won: 

Honorable Mention Recipient for the 2025 "Ohio Poet of the Year" Award; The Eucalypt Journal's 2019 "Scribble Award"; Nominated for a 2018 Pushcart Prize; The 2017 Lit Youngstown "Words Made Visible" Prize.

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What I'm reading now: 
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, Make Good Art by Neil Gaiman, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

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Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
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Last update: Oct 27, 2025