L.B. Sedlacek

Poet, Fiction Writer

Lenoir, NC
North Carolina US
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Author's Bio

L.B. Sedlacek is a poet and writer.  Her poetry books and chapbooks include "Unresponsive Sky," "Night Swim," "Swim," "Simultaneous Submissions," "Words and Bones," "The Poet Next Door," and "The Architect of French Fries."  She is also author of the short stories books "The Jackalope Committee and Other Tales" and  "Four Thieves of Vinegar & Other Short Stories."  She published “The Poetry Market E-zine,” a free monthly resource for poets for 20 years.  L.B. also created @poetryinla on FB which inspired the poetry book “Poetry in LA - Only in LA.”  She taught poetry to elementary and middle school students.  She holds a BA in Business and a MA in Speech, Communications and Theatre.  She was also Poetry Editor for “ESC! Magazine” and co-hosted the small press podcast “Coffee House to Go” with Michael Potter.  Her poems have appeared in numerous publications.  L.B. also enjoys reading and swimming.

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Anthology:
Ghosts, Echoes & Shadows (Local Gems Press, 2024)
Books:
The Renovator & Motor Addiction (Alien Buddha Press, 2023)
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The Jackalope Committee and Other Tales (Alien Buddha Press, 2022)
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Four Thieves of Vinegar and Other Short Stories (Alien Buddha Press, 2020)
Journals:
Adagio Verse Quarterly
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Alien Buddha Zine
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Chamber Magazine
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Circle Magazine
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Conceit Magazine
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Edgar Literary Magazine
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Hurricane Review
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Impspired
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Inkburns
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Kleksograph
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Literary House Review
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Muscadine Lines: A Southern Journal
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Spillwords Press
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Sunsets and Silencers
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Talisman
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Texas Poetry Journal
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The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
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The Stray Branch
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Wild Goose Poetry Review

Poetry

Anthologies:
Bards Across the Pond (A US & UK Poetry Anthology) (Local Gems Poetry Press, 2025)
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Bards Poetica (Poems about Poetry) (Local Gems Poetry Press, 2025)
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Dawn Horizons (Local Gems Press, 2025)
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Eastern Sea Bards (An Anthology of Poetry by East Coast Poets) (Local Gems Poetry Press, 2025)
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Gathering (Poets Anonymous) (Local Gems Poetry Press, 2025)
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North Carolina Bards Poetry Anthology 2025 (Local Gems Poetry Press, 2025)
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Storms of the Bard (Local Gems Press, 2025)
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A.C. PAPA #4 (Poet Plant Press, 2024)
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Ghosts, Echoes & Shadows: Poems & Stories for the Halloween Season (Local Gems Press, 2024)
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North Carolina Bards Poetry Anthology 2024 (Local Gems Poetry Press, 2024)
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Ashes to Stardust: A David Bowie Tribute Anthology (Sybaritic Press, 2023)
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North Carolina Bards 2023 (Local Gems Press, 2023)
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US 1 Worksheets Volume 68 (DVP, 2023)
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North Carolina Bards Anthology (Local Gems Poetry Press, 2022)
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North Carolina Bards Poetry Anthology (Local Gems Poetry Press, 2021)
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Inside the Box: Scars Publications 2020 poetry collection anthology (Scars Publications, 2020)
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Best of Foliate Oak Online (University of Arkansas Press, 2004)
Books:
Unresponsive Sky (Purple Unicorn Media, 2023)
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Night Swim (Alien Buddha Press, 2022)
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Ghost Policy (Cyberwit.net, 2021)
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I'm No Robot (Cyberwit.net, 2021)
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Swim (Alien Buddha Press, 2021)
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Simultaneous Submissions (Cyberwit.net, 2020)
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The Blue Eyed Side (Cyberwit.net, 2020)
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The Poet Next Door (Cyberwit.net, 2020)
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Words and Bones (Finishing Line Press, 2018)
Chapbooks:
Organic Soup (Bottlecap Press, 2024)
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The Adventures of Stick People on Cars (Alien Buddha Press, 2019)
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The Architect of French Fries (Presa Press, 2019)
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Alexandra's Wreck (Kitty Litter Press, 2002)
Journals:
Adelaide Literary Magazine
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Alien Buddha Zine
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As It Ought To Be Magazine
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ASU Canyon Voices
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Bear Creek Haiku
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Big Pulp
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Bindweed Magazine
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Cloudbank
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Connotation Press
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Copperfield Review
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Edify Fiction
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ESC! Magazine
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Fickle Muses: an online journal of myth and legend
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Folded Word
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Foliate Oak
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Gloom Cupboard
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Harbinger Asylum
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Highland Park Poetry
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Iconoclast
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Illumen
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Impspired
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Inspirit
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Literature Today
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Lone Stars Magazine
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Mad Swirl
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Mamazine
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Manorborn
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Mastodon Dentist
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Paumanok Review
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Poesia
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Poetic Diversity
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Poetry Kit
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Poetry Monthly
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Prolific Press
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Pure Francis
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Qutub Minar Review
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Red River Review
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RiverLit
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Sea Stories
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Shaking Like a Mountain
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Sketchbook: A Journal for Eastern & Western Short Forms
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Skive Magazine
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Sparks of Calliope
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T-Zero
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Tertulia Magazine
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The Aroostook Review
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The Broken Plate
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The Faircloth Review
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The Whirlwind Review
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Third Wednesday
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Unlikely Stories
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Word Riot
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Prizes won: 
  • First Place Poem for "Midsole Secure" - Improptu Poetry Contest - DreamQuestOne - August 2024
  • First Place Prose for "Sight Unseen" - Branches Literary Magazine - Fiction, October 2022
  • First Place Prose for "Backwards Wink" - Branches Literary Magazine - Fiction, March 2022
  • SongBook Contest, Lone Stars Magazine - 2nd Place for “Starlight” - Poetry, March 2021.
  • The Stars That Never Shown Poetry Contest, Lone Stars Magazine - 3rd Place for "The Winter Cellar" - Poetry, April 2018. 
  • 2010 Caldwell Literary Awards - First Place for "Keep What You Catch" - Poetry, 2010
  • Caldwell Literary Awards - First Place for "Walking by Sound" - Poetry, 2008
  • Caldwell Literary Awards - First Place for "Corporeal" - Fiction, 2008
  • 2007 Caldwell Literary Awards - Third Place for "Balance" - Poetry, October 2007
  • "Lucidity" Honorable Mention Juried Selection for "A-Frames" Vol. 21, - Poetry, 2006
  • Gin Bender Review Poetry Contest - Third Place for "To Napoleon Sarony Regarding Oscar Wilde, Portrait No. 18" - Poetry, 2004
  • Nominated 2x for Pushcart Prize in Poetry
  • Nominated for Best of the Net in Poetry

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Ted Kooser, Hart Crane, Rainer Maria Rilke, Nikki Giovanni, Mary Oliver, Jack Kerouac, Samantha Downing, Dani Shapiro, Teresa Driscoll, Robert B Parker, Lee Child
What I'm reading now: 
Writing Creativity and Soul by Sue Monk Kidd, The New Book: Poems, Letters, Blurbs and Things by Nikki Giovanni, A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction by Elizabeth McCracken, Sight Lines by Arthur Sze, The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe by James Patterson, Armed with Good Intentions by Wallo 267, Burn This Book: PEN Writers Speak Out by Toni Morrison, Poetry Rx by Norman E Rosenthal

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Raised in: 
NC
North Carolina
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Last update: Dec 30, 2025