Kathleen Balma

Author's Bio

Ms. Balma is a poet and Fulbright Fellow who grew up in Little Egypt, the Ozarks, and the Great Lakes regions of the United States. She has also lived in Andalusia, New South Wales, Western Australia, the Hoosier state, Madrid, and New England. Her first chapbook, Spaghetti Midwestern, is looking for a good home.

Publications and Prizes

Journals:

2 River Review, Antique Children, Atlanta Review, Booth , Chiron Review, Crab Orchard Review, Crate, Cutbank, Drunken Boat, Good Foot, Mid-American Review, Prick of the Spindle, Puerto del Sol, Rattle, Salamander, Sixth Finch, storySouth, SUSS: Another Literary Journal, The Cafe Review

Prizes:

Nominee (decision pending), Pushcart Prize XXXVII; Runner-Up, Poetry International Prize, 2011; Poetry and Flash Fiction Shortlists, Bridport Prize, 2011; Finalist, Sow's Ear Chapbook Competition, 2011; Finalist, 2011 Collagist Chapbook Contest; Poetry Finalist, Summer Literary Seminars Unified Literary Contest, 2011; Nominee, Pushcart Prize XXXVI; Finalist, International Publication Award, Atlanta Review, 2011; Finalist, 2010 Pearl Poetry Book Contest; Finalist, Gribble Press Chapbook Competition, 2010 Vol. 2; Poetry Shortlist, Bridport Prize, 2010; Winner, International Publication Award, Atlanta Review, 2010; Winner, Fulbright Student Grant (Spain), 2007-2008; Finalist, Black River Chapbook Competition, 2007; Finalist, Elixir Chapbook Competition, 2007; Winner, Roy Battenhouse Memorial Award, National Society of Arts and Letters (Bloomington, Indiana chapter), 2004; Editor's Choice, James Wright Poetry Award, 2003; Nominee, Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship, Indiana University, 2003; Nominee, AWP Intro Journal Award for Nonfiction; Winner, Grassroots Poetry Contest, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1998.

Personal Favorites

Favorite Books:

Wistawa Szymborska's Collected Poems, Interior with Sudden Joy (Brenda Shaughnessy), Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi), A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (Xiaolu Guo)

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Listing last updated: February 3, 2012

More Information

Listed as:

Poet

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Fluent in:

English, Spanish

Born in:

Evansville, IN

Raised in:

Harrisburg, IL

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