Joanne Faries

Poet

Bedford, TX

Texas US

Email:

jlf58@tx.rr.com

Website:

www.wordsplash-joannefaries.blog…

Author's Bio

I threw away the red corporate stapler to embark on a new adventure - writing and publishing. It's been a challenge, but I've learned a lot and every day brings new words, images, and yes, acceptances (a few) and rejections (more than a few).

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

River Poems (Lilly Press, 2010)

Freckles to Wrinkles (Silver Boomer Books, 2008)

Journals:

Off the Coast

River Poets Journal

Salome Magazine

The Orange Room Review

The Storyteller

Up the Staircase Quarterly

Westward Quarterly

Prizes won:

2009 Portia Steele Fiction Winner
National Federation of State Poetry Societies - 2010 Mother/Daughter Award - 5th honorable mention

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now:

the Monster in the Box by Ruth Rendell, The Ode Less Travelled by Stephen Fry, New Yorker Stories by Ann Beattie

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

White

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Raised in:

North Wales, PA

Pennsylvania

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Last update: Jun 09, 2011