Linda Annas Ferguson

Poet

Charleston, SC
South Carolina US
Email: 
linda@lindaannasferguson.com
Website: 
www.lindaannasferguson.com

Author's Bio

Linda Annas Ferguson is the author of five collections of poetry. She was a featured poet for the Library of Congress Poetry at Noon Series. She served on the Board of Govenors for the South Carolina Academy of Authors, the Steering Committee for the Visiting Writers' Series for Lenoir Rhyne University and was Poet-in-Residence for the Gibbes Museum of Art.  She was a Poetry Fellow for the  South Carolina Arts Commission and the South Carolina Academy of Authors. She presented at the South Carolina Book Festival and the Piccolo Festival Sundown Poetry Series in Charleston, SC. Her literary work is archived by Furman University Special Collections in the James B. Duke Library.More information at: www.lindaannasferguson.com

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Archive: South Carolina Poetry Since 2005 (Ninety-Six Press, 2018)
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Seeking: Prose and Poetry Inspired by Art (University of South Carolina Press, 2013)
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Solo Cafe 8&9 (Solo Press, 2013)
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Broken Circles (Cave Moon Press, 2011)
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Beyond Forgetting ; Poetry and Prose about Alzheimer's Disease (Kent State University Press, 2009)
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Eating Her Wedding Dress (Ragged Sky Press, 2009)
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Aftershocks: The Poetry of Recovery (Press 53, 2008)
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The Southern Poetry Anthology: Volume I: South Carolina (Texas Review Press, 2007)
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2006 Kakalak Anthology of Carolina Poets (Main Street Rag, 2006)
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A Millennial Sampler of South Carolina Poets (Ninety-Six Press, 2005)
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Twenty: South Carolina Poetry Fellows (Hub City Press, 2005)
Books:
Dirt Sandwich (Press 53, 2009)
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Bird Missing from One Shoulder (WordTech Editions, 2007)
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Stepping on Cracks in the Sidewalk (Finishing Line Press, 2006)
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Last Chance to Be Lost (Kentucky Writers Coalition Press, 2004)
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It's Hard to Hate a Broken Thing (Palanquin Press, 2002)
Prizes won: 

Poetry Fellow for the SC Arts Comm. Poetry Fellowship of the SC Academy of Authors. Awarded the Palanquin Press Chapbook Award from the University of South Carolina, Aiken.  Winner of the Kentucky Writers' Coalition Chapbook Award. First Runner-up for the Texas Review Press Chapbook Award (Judged by R.S. Gwynn). 

Finalist:Next Generation Indie Award.  Finalist for the John Ciardi Book Prize (Judged by Christopher Buckley). Finalist in the Brockman-Campbell Book Award. Finalist for the Oscar Arnold Young Book Award for three different books.  Nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize by Press 53 and Wild Goose Poetry Review. Nominated for Best of the Net. 

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
NC
North Carolina
Raised in: 
NC
North Carolina
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Last update: Jul 30, 2021