R. A. Pavoldi

Poet

Schenectady, NY

New York US

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Author's Bio

R.A. (Ron) Pavoldi is a lifelong writer and self trained poet writing over 50 years. He credits the concise, lyrical, "near Naples" Italian American dialect and School of Hard Knocks for his voice.

Publications & Prizes

Journals:

10x3 plus

Ars Medica: A Journal of Medicine, the Arts, and Humanities

Atlanta Review

Blast Furnace

BLINK: A Little Magazine of Little Poems

Christian Science Monitor

Cold Mountain Review

Crab Orchard Review

Exquisite Corpse

Field

Hanging Loose

Hawai'i Pacific Review

Hudson Review

I-70 Review

Italian Americana

Margie

North American Review

Sky Island Journal

Slipstream

Subnivean

Tar River Poetry

Viewless Wings

Prizes won:

Finalist: The St. Louis Poetry Center, 43rd Annual National Poetry Contest; entry: Fibonacci’s Number.

International Merit Award: Atlanta Review, International Poetry Competition 2005; entry: for Lorca and Pictures of a Sea.

Finalist: Atlanta Review, International Poetry Competition 2015; entry: Delta Sleep and The Physics of Fleeting.

International Merit Award: Atlanta Review, International Poetry Competition 2023; entry: The Big Bang Theory, FR232, Survivorship Bias, and Wonder of the Whales

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Italian American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Schenectady

Raised in:

Schenectady, NY

New York

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Last update: Dec 01, 2023