Derek Sheffield

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Publications and Prizes

Prizes Won: 
Walt Whitman Award (Academy of American Poets) Semi-finalist. 2008. Beatrice Hawley Award (Alice James Press). Finalist. 2009. May Swenson Poetry Award (University of Utah Press). Finalist. 2009. Brittingham Prize. (University of Wisconsin Press). Finalist. 2008. Hazel Lipa Environmental Chapbook Award judged by Debra Marquart. Flyway. Iowa State University. 2008. Sparrow Prize in Poetry. The LBJ: Avian Life, Literary Arts. University of Nevada, Reno. First Place. 2008 Writer-in-Residence. Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest. Clermont, KY. October, 2007. Best New Poets nomination. The Georgia Review. 2007. Pecos River Poetry Award judged by Gary Short. New Mexico. 2005. James Hearst Poetry Prize judged by Li-Young Lee. The North American Review. 2003.

More Information

Listed as: 
Poet
Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Caucasian
Prefers to work with: 
Any, Naturalists/Environmentalists
Born in: 
Portland
Raised in: 
Gig Harbor, WA
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Last updated: Mar 14, 2011