Alice White

Poet

Halifax, NS
Canada
Nova Scotia CA
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Author's Bio

Alice White is an American poet, originally from Kansas City, who is a permanent resident of Canada. She attended the University of Kansas, where she received the Edwin M. Hopkins Award for excellence in the study of literature and the William Herbert Carruth Award for poetry, and she holds an undergraduate M.A. in English, First Class, from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, where she was awarded the King James VI Prize for distinction in literature studies. She is a recipient of fellowships and scholarships from AWP Writer to Writer, the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Brooklyn Poets, and the Hawthornden Foundation. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Best New Poets, Blackbird, Black Warrior Review, Copper Nickel, The Fiddlehead, Greensboro ReviewGulf Coast, New Letters, New Ohio Review, North American ReviewPleiadesThe Poetry Review, Poetry WalesPRISM, The Rialtoswamp pink, and The Threepenny Review, and has been featured on the podcast The Slowdown.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Best New Poets 2023 (University of Virginia Press, 2024)
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Aesthetica Creative Writing Award 2023 (Aesthetica Magazine Ltd., 2023)
Prizes won: 

The Langston Hughes Award

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Fluent in: 
English, French
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Last update: Aug 22, 2025