David E. Poston

Poet

Gastonia, NC
North Carolina US
Email: 
[email protected]

Author's Bio

David E. Poston's poetry, fiction, reviews, and essays have appeared in Cider Press Review, English Journal, The MacGuffin, North Carolina Literary Review, Pembroke, and many other journals and anthologies.His poetry collection Postmodern Bourgeois Poetaster Blues won the NC Writers' Network's Randall Jarrell Chapbook Competition. He is a former Kakalak editor, Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee, and recipient of awards from the Writers' Workshop of Asheville, Charlotte Writers' Club, and Southeastern Writers' Association. His most recent collection of poems is Letting Go (Fernwood Press, 2026).

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Kakalak 2018 Anthology of Carolina Poets (Main Street Rag Publishing Company, 2018)
,
The Southern Poetry Anthology Volume VII: North Carolina (Texas Review Press, 2014)
,
Bearers of Distance (Eastern Point Lit House, 2013)
,
What Matters (Jacar Press, 2013)
,
The Cento: A Collection of Collage Poems (Red Hen Press, 2011)
Books:
Letting Go (Fernwood Press, 2026)
,
Slow of Study (Main Street Rag Publishing Company, 2015)
Chapbooks:
Postmodern Bourgeois Poetaster Blues (North Carolina Writers Network, 2007)
,
My Father Reading Greek (Union County Writers, 1999)
Journals:
Amethyst Review
,
Atlanta Review
,
Broad River Review
,
Cape Rock
,
Cider Press Review
,
English Journal
,
Flying South
,
Garfield Lake Review
,
Ginosko Literary Journal
,
Ibbetson Street
,
MacGuffin
,
Main Street Rag
,
Mobius: The Journal of Social Change
,
Neologism Poetry Journal
,
North Carolina Literary Review
,
Pembroke Magazine
,
Red Eft Review
,
Twin Bill: A Literary Baseball Publication
,
Unlost
,
Windhover
Prizes won: 

2007 Randall Jarrell/Harperprints Poetry Chapbook Competition Winner

Third Place, James Applewhite Poetry Prize 2020

Third Place, A. R. Ammons Poetry Contest 2025

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Louisville, KY
Kentucky
Raised in: 
Moore County, NC
North Carolina
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Last update: Oct 14, 2026