Joanne Faries

Poet

Bedford, TX
Texas US

Author's Bio

I threw away the red corporate stapler to embark on a new adventure - writing and publishing. It's been a challenge, but I've learned a lot and every day brings new words, images, and yes, acceptances (a few) and rejections (more than a few).

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
River Poems (Lilly Press, 2010)
,
Freckles to Wrinkles (Silver Boomer Books, 2008)
Journals:
Off the Coast
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River Poets Journal
,
Salome Magazine
,
The Orange Room Review
,
The Storyteller
, ,
Westward Quarterly
Prizes won: 

2009 Portia Steele Fiction Winner
National Federation of State Poetry Societies - 2010 Mother/Daughter Award - 5th honorable mention

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
the Monster in the Box by Ruth Rendell, The Ode Less Travelled by Stephen Fry, New Yorker Stories by Ann Beattie

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Raised in: 
North Wales, PA
Pennsylvania
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Last update: Jun 09, 2011