Colleen Alles

Poet, Fiction Writer

Grand Rapids, MI

Michigan US

Website:

www.colleenalles.com

Twitter/X:

@ColleenAlles

Author's Bio

Colleen Alles is a native Michigander and award-winning writer living in Grand Rapids. The author of two novels and a collection of poetry, she is a contributing fiction editor with Barren Magazine. She is obsessed with her dog, Charlie. You can find her online at www.colleenalles.com.

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Books:

Master of Arts (Scantic Books, 2022)

Skinny Vanilla Crisis (Atmosphere Press, 2020)

Poetry

Book:

After the 8-Ball (Cornerstone Press, 2022)

Chapbooks:

Reader, To Tell You All: Found Poems in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (Dancing Girl Press, 2023)

Three Stars (Ghost City Press, 2021)

Porch Light to the Longshoreman (Finishing Line Press, 2019)

Induction: poems for my new daughter by (Finishing Line Press, 2018)

Prizes won:

Winner of the 2020 Celery City Chapbook Contest (Friends of Poetry, Kalamazoo, Michigan) for the chapbook, So What to Say to a Bird?

Winner of the Michigan State University Jim Cash Awards for Creative Writing (2005): Fiction (1st place); Poetry (1st place).

Longlisted for The Fugere Book Prize for Finely Crafted Novellas, Regal House Publishing, 2023.

Longlisted for the Nervous Ghost Press Book Prize (Poetry), 2023.

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

Richard Ford; Mary Oliver; Charlotte Bronte; Andrew Solomon.

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Born in:

Midland

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Last update: Jan 24, 2024