Garnet Juniper Bennet

Poet

Portland, OR
Oregon US
Email: 
garnetjuniper@protonmail.com
Website: 
garnetjuniper.wordpress.com

Author's Bio

Garnet Juniper Bennet (she/they) is an educator & writer corrupted in the American high desert who now finds redemption practicing their craft in the Pacific Northwest. Their work has been included in publications such as Rattle, Salamander, Waxwing, Poet Lore, Ninth Letter, Frontier Poetry, Salt Hill, & Pidgeonholes, & has received nominations for Best of the Net & Pushcart prizes. In 2025 their poem “Burnout” was selected for 1st place in the 2024 OxMag Crystal Ox Poetry Contest. Their manuscript angel/androgyne was most recently shortlisted for the 2023 Catamaran Literary Reader West Coast Poetry Prize & the 2024 Donald Justice Poetry Prize.

Education: 
University of Nevada, Reno MFA
Writers Retreats: 
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair

Publications & Prizes

Journals:
Bird's Thumb
,
Catamaran Literary Reader
,
Cider Press Review
,
Crab Creek Review
,
Crab Fat Magazine
,
december
,
Dialogist
,
Frontier Poetry
,
Glassworks Magazine
,
Lady/Liberty/Lit
,
Maudlin House
,
Meadow
,
National Poetry Review
,
Ninth Letter
,
Oxford Magazine
,
Palette Poetry
,
Pidgeonholes
,
Poet Lore
,
Potomac Review
,
Qwerty
,
Rattle
,
River Styx
,
Rust + Moth
,
Salt Hill
,
South Florida Poetry Journal
,
Up the Staircase Quarterly
,
Verse Daily
,
Waxwing
,
Westchester Review
Prizes won: 

"Burnout" selected for 1st place in the Oxford Magazine (OxMag) 2024/25 Crystal Ox Poetry Contest 
"anticipating flame" selected as 2nd runner-up in the 2024/25 Palette Poetry Previously Published Poem Contest 

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Disability, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Naturalists/Environmentalists, Women
Born in: 
Reno, NV
Nevada
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Last update: Jun 10, 2025