Nick McRae

Columbus, OH

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Author's Bio

Nick McRae is the author of The Name Museum (C&R Press, 2013), for which he received the De Novo Poetry Prize, and of two chapbooks: Mountain Redemption (Black Lawrence Press, 2013) and Moravia (Folded Word Press, 2013). His poems, reviews, and translations have appeared or will soon appear in Birmingham Poetry Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Linebreak, Measure, The Southern Review, and other journals and anthologies. His has been the recipient of a Fulbright fellowship, a University Fellowship in Creative Writing from The Ohio State University, and the Tennessee Williams Scholarship from the Sewanee Writers' Conference. Nick serves as associate editor for 32 Poems, assistant editor for Sundress Publications, poetry review editor for The Journal, and is currently compiling and editing a manuscript entitled Gathered: The Anthology of Contemporary Quaker Poetry. Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and raised in the Northwest Georgia foothills, he lives in Columbus, Ohio.

Publications and Prizes

Prizes Won:

Winner of the De Novo Poetry Prize from C&R Press. Tennessee WIlliams Scholarship from the Sewanee Writers' Conference. Winner of the Black River chapbook competition from Black Lawrence Press. Finalist for the Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship. Semi-finalist for the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry and the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry. Sundress Publications chapbook competition finalist. Pushcart Prize Nominee. Best of the Net Prize. M.F.A. Scholarship to the Sewanee Writers' Conference. Best New Poets nomination. Fellowships from the J. William Fulbright Program and the Bucknell Seminar for Younger Poets. University Fellowship in Creative Writing from The Ohio State University. The Kay Magenheimer Poetry Prize from the University of West Georgia. Finalist for the Wick Poetry Center/Kent State University Press chapbook competition. Two-time finalist for the Agnes Scott College Writer's Festival Award in Poetry.

Reviews, Recordings, and Interviews

Gathered: The Anthology of Contemporary Quaker Poetry

More Information

Listed as:

Poet

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Chattanooga

Raised in:

LaFayette, GA

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Last updated: Aug 28, 2012