Jeff Walt

Author's Bio

Jeff Walt was born and raised in rural Pennsylvania among a community of railroad workers, brick layers, and stripminers. He's been employed as a "cowboy" at Walt Disney World, a houseboy in the artistic enclave of Provincetown; a customer service trainer; a cook; masseur; barista; and as an adjunct English composition instructor. He graduated from Goddard College in Vermont with his MFA in Writing and Literature in 1993. Jeff is a three-time Pushcart Prize nominee and was selected as one of fifty semi-finalists in the 2006 "Discovery"/The Nation contest. A passionate Aquarian and cinephile, he pops for decoupage, collage, salvaging, macrobiotic food, mixology, home exchange, and Mid-Century modern architecture. Currently, he lives in Honolulu, HI where he facilitates poetry workshops through the University of Hawaii Outreach Program.

Publications and Prizes

Chapbooks:

Soot (Seven Kitchens Press, 2010)

Anthologies:

One for the Road (Split Oak Press, 2010), Poetic Voices Without Borders 2 (Gival Press, 2009), The Light in Ordinary Things (Fearless Books, 2009), The Mysterious Life of the Heart: Stories from The Sun about Passion, Longing, and Love (The Sun Magazine, 2009), For Better or Worse (PoetWorks Press, 2005), Poetic Voices Without Borders (Gival Press, 2005), Hello, Goodbye (July Literary Press, 2004), Proposing on the Brooklyn Bridge: Poems About Marriage (Grayson Books, 2003), The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales (Story Line Press, 2003), Touched by Eros (Live Poets Society, 2002), Intimate Kisses: The Poetry of Sexual Pleasure (New World Library, 2001), Mourning Our Mothers: Poems About Loss (Andrew Mountain Press, 1998), Passionate Lives (Queen of Swords Press, 1998), Hard Love: Writings on Violence & Intimacy (Queen of Swords Press, 1997), Gents, Bad Boys, & Barbarians: New Gay Male Poetry (Alyson Publications, 1995), Writing Our Way Out of the Dark: An Anthology by Child Abuse Survivors (Queen of Swords Press, 1995)

Journals:

Alehouse Review, Alligator Juniper, Americas Review, Arlington Literary Journal, Bamboo Ridge, Bay Windows, Chaminade Literary Review, Clackamas Literary Review, Coastal Forest Review, Comstock Review, Connecticut Review, Dogwood, Gay and Lesbian Review, Harpur Palate, Hawai'i Pacific Review, Hawai'i Review, Inkwell, Mangrove Review, New Millennium Writings, New York Native, Oberon, Poetry International, Prose Ax, Pulse, Quill & Ink, Radiant Turnstile, Runes: A Review of Poetry, Sahara, Samsara Quarterly, Silk Road, The Cream City Review, The Ledge, The Sun, Whiskey Island, Wild Plum

Prizes:

2009 Keystone Chapbook Prize ("Soot" will be available in Jan. 2010); Finalist in Alligator Juniper’s 2009 National Writing Contest and published in the 2010 issue; one of three Honorable Mentions in the 2009 Littoral Press Broadside Contest, selected by Gary Young; Finalist in the 2004 & 2009 Paumanok Poetry Contest sponsored by The Visiting Writers Program at Farmingdale State University; Davoren Hanna International Poetry Competition, selected by Billy Collins & Carol Anne Duffy (3rd Place, 2002); Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry & Prose 2004 Poetry Competition (Finalist; chosen by A.E. Stallings); Hill-Stead Museum’s Sunken Garden Chapbook Poetry Competition (2nd Place, 2004); Whiskey Island’s 2004 Poetry Competition (1st Place); Oscar Wilde Award (2002 & 2004 Gival Press); New Millennium Poetry Prize XIII (1st Place, 2002); one of fifty semi-finalists in the 2006 “Discovery”/The Nation contest.

Jeff Walt Resume

Personal Favorites

Favorite Books:

"Structure & Surprise" by Michael Theune; "Radical Acceptance" by Tara Brach; "Spiritual Economics" by Eric Butterworth; "In the Palm of Your Hand" by Steven Kowit.

Favorite Authors:

Patrick Donnely, Dean Young, Kim Addonizion, Karen J. Weyant, Jeannine Hall-Gailey, Neil De La Flor, Peter Pereira, Dorianne Laux, Walt McDonald, Lana Hechtman Ayers, Ruth L. Schwartz, Jendi Reiter, Steven Orlen, Spencer Reece, Dana Goia, Ron Mohring, Joseph Millar, Jane Hirschfield, Reb Livingston, Michael Boccardo, Sue Standng...

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Listing last updated: February 3, 2010

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Poet

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Born in:

Clearfield, PA

Raised in:

Burlington, VT