Caroline Cottom

Poet

Greensboro, NC
North Carolina US
Email: 
aplacetobe1@gmail.com
Website: 
www.carolinecottom.com

Author's Bio

Writers Retreats: 
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
The 64 Best Poets of 2018 (Black Mountain Press, 2019)
,
Motif IV: Seeking Its Own Level (Motes Books, 2014)
,
The Unitarian Universalist Poets: A Contemporary Survey (Pudding House Publications, 1996)
Book:
Aslym (Main Street Rag Publishing Company, 2022)
Journals:
Broad River Review
,
Crack the Spine
,
Cumberland Poetry Review
,
Glassworks Magazine
,
Licking River Review
,
Mandala Journal
,
Old Hickory Review
,
Pennsylvania English
,
Schuylkill Valley Journal
,
Serving House Journal
,
Silk Road
Prizes won: 

1st prize, Transitions Abroad personal essay contest, 2007

Winner, The Writer's Center, North Carolina, personal essay contest

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
W.S. Merwin, Louise Gluck , Elizabeth Bishop, Anthony Doerr, Pablo Neruda, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Marilynne Robinson, Claudia Rankine, Natasha Tretheway, Jericho Brown, Bill Brown, Ilya Kaminsky, Kim Addonizio, Lise Goett
What I'm reading now: 
Sight Lines by Arthur Sze, The Narrow Road to the Interior by Kimiko Hahn, Sea Change by Jorie Graham

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Memphis, TN
Tennessee
Raised in: 
Geneva, IL
Illinois
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Last update: Jan 24, 2024