Alyse Knorr

Poet

Denver, CO

Colorado US

Email:

alyse.knorr@gmail.com

Website:

www.alyseknorr.com

Twitter/X:

@https://twitter.com/AlyseKnorr

Author's Bio

Alyse Knorr is an associate professor of English at Regis University, co-editor of Switchback Books, and co-producer of the Sweetbitter podcast. Her most recent book of poems, Mega-City Redux, won the 2016 Green Mountains Review Poetry Prize, selected by Olena Kalytiak Davis. She is also the author of the poetry collections Copper Mother (2016) and Annotated Glass (2013); the non-fiction books GoldenEye (2022) and Super Mario Bros. 3 (2016); and four poetry chapbooks. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The New Republic, POETRY Magazine, Alaska Quarterly Review, Denver Quarterly, and The Georgia Review, among others. She received her MFA from George Mason University.

Education:

George Mason University MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Queer Nature: An Ecoqueer Poetry Anthology (Autumn House Press, 2022)

BARED: Contemporary Poetry and Art on Bras and Breasts (Les Figues Press, 2016)

Building Fires in the Snow: An Anthology of Alaskan LGBTQ Short Fiction and Poetry (University of Alaska Press, 2016)

Writers of the Portuguese Diaspora in the United States and Canada: An Anthology (Boavista Press, 2015)

The Southern Poetry Anthology Volume V: Georgia (Texas Review Press, 2012)

Books:

GoldenEye (Boss Fight Books, 2023)

Mega-City Redux (Green Mountains Review Books, 2017)

Copper Mother (Switchback Books, 2016)

Super Mario Bros. 3 (Boss Fight Books, 2016)

Annotated Glass (Furniture Press Books, 2013)

Chapbooks:

I Love You Bye Bye Bye Bye (Ethel, 2020)

Ballast (Seven Kitchens Press, 2019)

Epithalamia (Horse Less Press, 2015)

Alternates (Dancing Girl Press, 2013)

Journals:

Adanna

Adrienne

Alaska Quarterly Review

Alice Blue Review

Arkana

Avatar Review

Birdfeast

Blood Lotus

Bloom

BOAAT Journal

Bone Bouquet

Boog City

Briar Cliff Review

Burntdistrict

Caketrain

Cincinnati Review

Cold Mountain Review

Conclave: A Journal of Character

Construction

Counterexample Poetics

Crate

Cream City Review

Dark Sky Magazine

Denver Quarterly

Diagram

Diode

Dreginald

Drunken Boat

Elimae

Finery

Front Porch

Ghost City Review

Hayden's Ferry Review

Heavy Feather Review

Hobart

H_NGM_N

Juked

LEVELER Poetry Journal

Loose Change

Minnesota Review

New Republic

NightBlock

OCHO

OVS Magazine

Painted Bride Quarterly

Paper Darts

Parcel

Pinch

Poetry Daily

Poetry Magazine

Portland Review

Press Pause

Puerto del Sol

Red Rock Review

Redactions

Requited

Revolution House

ROAR Magazine

Screen Door Review

Sentence

Southern Review

Souvenir

Spillway

Spoon River Poetry Review

Stillwater Review

Stirring : A Literary Collection

Stone Highway Review

storySouth

Sugar Mule

Sunsets and Silencers

Sweet: A Literary Confection

SWWIM Every Day

Tapestry

The Account

The Fiddleback

The Indianapolis Review

the museum of americana

The Nassau Review

TINGE Magazine

Tupelo Quarterly

Used Furniture Review

Weave Magazine

Western Humanities Review

Wicked Alice

Word For/Word

Prizes won:

Runner-Up, “Wolf Tours,” Moon City Poetry Award (2023)
Finalist, “Ardor,” Trail to Table Press (2022)
Semi-finalist, “Wolf Tours,” Trio House Press (2022)
Semi-finalist, “Every Last Thing,” Trio House Press (2022)
Semi-Finalist, “Ardor,” Black Lawrence Press Hudson Prize (2022)
Runner-Up, “Wolf Tours,” Jacar Press Full-Length Book Contest, selected by Ilya Kaminsky (2022)
Finalist, “Wrought Mean Code,” Bloof Books Chapbook Series (2022)
Finalist, “Every Last Thing,” Interim Test Site Series (2022)
Finalist, “Ardor,” Donald Justice Prize (2022)
Pushcart Prize nomination from The Briar Cliff Review for “Out: As in, Openly; As in, Expose” (2021)
Pushcart Prize nomination from The Georgia Review for “Wolf Tours: Q&A” (2021)
Pushcart Prize nomination from Moon City Review for “Wolf Tours: Official Statement on the Apocalyptic Summer Forest Fires” (2021)
Finalist, “Wolf Tours,” Diode Editions full-length book contest (2019, 2020)
Semi-finalist, “Wolf Tours,” Saturnalia Poetry Prize (2019, 2020)
Barbara Deming Memorial Fund Money for Women Grant (2019)
“Best of the Net” writing award nomination from SWWIM for “Ritual” (2019)
Semi-finalist, “Every Last Thing,” Anhinga Robert Dana Poetry Prize (2019)
Finalist, “Every Last Thing,” Akron Poetry Prize (2019)
Finalist, “Ballast,” Bull City Press Chapbook Open Reading Period (2018)
Finalist, “Ballast,” Diode Editions Chapbook Contest (2018)
Finalist, “This Is Now,” Nostrovia! Press Chapbook Contest (2018)
Nomination, The Orison Anthology 2019, “Ritual,” SWWIM Every Day (2018)
NEH Seminar participant, "Elizabeth and the Literary Archive” (2017).
Green Mountains Review Poetry Book Prize for Mega-City Redux (2016).
Artist residencies at Millay Colony (2014), Vermont Studio Center (2012), New York Mills Arts Retreat (2014), and Big Cypress National Park.
Distinguished Alumni Award, George Mason University College of Humanities and Social Sciences (2016).
Alaska Literary Award, Alaska Arts & Culture Foundation (2015).
“Best of the Net” nomination (2015).
Pushcart Prize nomination from Front Porch (2014).
Alaska State Council on the Arts Career Opportunity Grant (2014).
Velvet Park Top 25 Queer Women of 2014.
Finalist, Center for Book Arts Chapbook Contest (2012).
Finalist, Booth Poetry Contest (2012).
First runner-up, Concrete Wolf Chapbook Series (2011).
Honorable Mention, Bethesda Literary Festival Poetry Contest (2011).
Finalist, Lumina Poetry Contest (2011).

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Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Feminist, LGBTQ

Prefers to work with:

Adults, Children, Disability, Illness/Wellness, LGBTQ, Naturalists/Environmentalists, Seniors, Teachers, Teenagers, Veterans

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Providence, RI

Rhode Island

Raised in:

Cumming, GA

Georgia

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Last update: May 10, 2023