Dr. Ernest Williamson III has published poetry and visual art in over 350 national and international online and print journals. He is a Christian,adjunct professor, self-taught pianist, singer,social scientist, private tutor, and a self-taught painter. His poetry has been nominated three times for the Best of the Net Anthology (http://www.sundresspublications.com/Opens in new window). The poems which were nominated for the Best of the Net Anthology were as follows: "The Jazz of Old Wine", "The Symbol of Abiotic Needs", & "The Misfortune of Shallow Sight". He holds the B.A. and the M.A. in English/Creative Writing/Literature from the University of Memphis
and the PhD in Higher Education Leadership from Seton Hall University. Dr. Williamson is 34 years old and a "chess master" with an online rating of 2204. Professor Williamson, who has been an adjunct professor for 4 years, teaches at Essex County College in Newark, New Jersey and he is an Adjunct Lecturer at Nyack College in Manhattan, New York. Some of Prof. Williamson's poetry ,and an article about the civil unrest in the UK and abroad, will be translated into Romanian and Spanish by Mr. Daniel Dragomirescu, editor of "Contemporary Literary Horizon", this Fall.
Publications and Prizes
Books:
Sword (Lulu Press, 2007)
Journals:
A Little Poetry, Artistry of Life, Audience, Boyne Berries, Carcinogenic Poetry, Cerebration, Cherry Bleeds, Cherry Blossom, Collaged, Colorwheel, Concelebratory Shoehorn Review, Copperfield Review, Decanto, decomP, Edge, Electric Acorn, Eviscerator Heaven, Farmhouse Magazine, Ginosko Literary Journal, Grasslimb, In Between Hangovers, ken*again, Kritya, Languageandculture.net, Lily Lit Review, Long Story Short, Munyori Poetry Journal, Muscadine Lines: A Southern Journal, Muse Apprentice Guild, Niederngasse, nimble, Oklahoma Review, Pen Himalaya, Penwood Review, Plum Ruby Review, Rattlesnake Review, Review Americana, Rose and Thorn, Rumble, Scythe, Shoots and Vines, Skyline Magazine, Snow Monkey, Soul Fountain, Soundzine, South Jersey Underground, SouthernHum, Stellar Showcase, Taj Mahal Review, Tattoo Highway, Tertulia Magazine, The Green Muse, The Houston Literary Review, The Prague Review, The Tower Journal, The Writer's Eye, Thick With Conviction, Timbooktu.com (several poems), Tryst, Underground Window, Whimperbang, Wild Violet, Word Catalyst Magazine, Ya'Sou!, Yes, Poetry
Prizes:
three Best of the Net Anthology nominations
Placed 3rd in Collaged Magazine Poetry Competition associated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill