Scot Siegel

Author's Bio

Scot Siegel lives in Oregon with his wife and two daughters and works as an urban planning consultant. The author of three books of poetry, he is a member of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers and serves on the board of trustees of the Friends of William Stafford. His second full-length poetry collection is due out from Salmon Poetry in early 2012. Siegel edits the online poetry journal Untitled Country Review.

Publications and Prizes

Books:
Skeleton Says (Finishing Line Press, 2010), Untitled Country (Pudding House Publications, 2009), Some Weather (Plain View Press, 2008)

Anthologies:
Dogs Singing (Salmon Poetry, 2010), Manzanita: Poetry and Prose of the Sierra and Mother Lode (Manzanita Writers Press, 2010), Oregon Stories (Ooligan Press, 2010), Verseweavers (Oregon State Poetry Association, 2009)

Journals:
Acorn, ALBA, Dark Sky Magazine, Defenestration, Drash, Elimae, Falling Star Magazine, Four and Twenty, Front Porch Journal, High Desert Journal, Lyric Poetry Magazine, MiPOesias, Naugatuck River Review, New Verse News, Open Spaces, Press 1, Red River Review, Referential Magazine, right hand pointing, Short, Fast, and Deadly, Stirring, The Centrifugal Eye, The Externalist, The Oregonian, The Smoking Poet, The Wanderlust Review, tinywords, Tonopah Review, Touch: The Journal of Healing, Wild Goose Poetry Review, Windfall

Prizes:
In celebration of Oregon’s sesquicentennial, Poetry Northwest and Oregon State Library selected Siegel’s first book, Some Weather (Plain View Press 2008), one of 150 Outstanding Oregon Poetry Books, one book for each year of statehood. Siegel's other awards and commendations include: Pushcart Prize nominee (The New Verse News), Oregon State Poetry Association, First Prize, Poet's Choice; Nimrod International Pablo Neruda Poetry Prize, Semi-Finalist; Aesthetica Magazine Creative Works, Commendation; Richard Chambers Environmental Grant; Oregon State University Provost's Literary Award, Honorable Mention (1990)

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Listing last updated: August 3, 2010

More Information

Listed as:
Poet

Gives readings?
Yes

Travels for readings?
Yes

Reviews, Recordings, and Interviews

Blurbs for Some Weather
(Plain View Press)

Review of Skeleton Says
(s-Press Daily)

Audio
("The Day Father's Shop Burned to the Ground" 8 min))

Video
("The World In Our Hands" & "When You Bring My Meds" 5 min)

Review of Some Weather
(Poets' Quarterly)