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Sandra Beasley

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Sandra Beasley

Author's Bio

Sandra Beasley won the 2007 New Issues Poetry Prize for her book Theories of Falling, selected by Marie Howe. Her poems have also been featured in Verse Daily and Best New Poets and in journals such as SLATE, The Believer, AGNI online, 32 Poems, Blackbird, and Barrow Street. Awards for her work include the 2008 Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award from Poets & Writers, the Elinor Benedict Poetry Prize, and fellowships to Sewanee Writers’ Conference, the Millay Colony and VCCA. She lives in Washington, D.C., where she is an editor for The American Scholar.

Publications and Prizes

Books:
Theories of Falling (New Issues Press, 2008)
Anthologies:
Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel (No Tell Books, 2007), Best New Poets 2005 (Samovar Press, 2005)
Journals:
32 Poems, Agni Online, Believer, Blackbird, Blue Fifth Review, Cimarron Review, Coconut Poetry, Dogwood, Eleventh Muse, Foursquare, Hayden's Ferry Review, Hotel Amerika, Inkwell, Melancholia’s Tremulous Dreadlocks, Meridian, New Orleans Review, Passages North, Pebble Lake Review, Poet Lore, Potomac Review, Reed Magazine, Rhino Magazine, Slate, Texas Poetry Journal, Three Candles

Please note: All information in the Directory is provided by the writers listed in it.
Listing last updated: June 16, 2008

More Information

Listed as:
Poet
Gives readings?
Yes
Travels for readings?
Yes
Prefers to work with:
Adults, Teenagers
Born in:
Vienna, VA
Raised in:
Vienna, VA

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