Jane Ann Fuller

Poet

Logan, OH
Ohio US

Author's Bio

Jane Ann (Devol) Fuller is the author of Half-Life (Sheila-Na-Gig Editions, 2021), a finalist for the National Indie Excellence Awards.

Fuller co-authored Revenants: A Story of Many Lives, published with a grant from the Ohio Arts Council, a collaboration with poet Deni Naffziger, and artists Mark Hackworth and Patty Mitchell.

Journal publications include Shenandoah, Calyx, SWWIM, Still: the Journal, Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel, Northern Appalachian Review, One Art, Anti-Heroin Chic, jmww, Triggerfish Critical Review, Blue Earth Review, RockPaperPoem, Verse Daily, Hunger Mountain, Sheila-Na-Gig Online, BODY,  and others.

Anthologies that include Fuller's work are All We Know of Pleasure: Poetic Erotica by Women, Women Speak, I Thought I Heard a Cardinal Sing.

Fuller is a James Boatwright III Poetry Prize recipient, a Best of The Net Nominee, and a semi-finalist for the MacGuffin's Poet Hunt 29.

Jane Ann is an active founding member of the Appalchian Literary Arts & Storytelling Festival in Nelsonville, Ohio. She was a union president at the small college where she taught for 31 years, and she advocates for the preservation of local natural resources as an active board member of the Lake Logan Association in Hocking County, Ohio.

Fuller studied English Literature at Ohio University and earned and earned her MFA from the Iowa Writer’s Workshop.

 

Publications & Prizes

Book:
Half-Life (Sheila-Na-Gig Editions, 2021)
Journals:
Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature
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American Journal of Poetry
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B O D Y
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Fifth Wednesday Journal
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Kaimana
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One Art
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Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel
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Rise Up Review
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Shenandoah
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Verse Daily
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Prizes won: 

 

James Boatwright III Poetry Prize

 

 

Finalist for the National Indie Excellence Awards for HALF-LIFE, poetry 

 

 

CodHill Press semi-finalist (2018) 

 

Best of the Net Nominee 

 

Semi-finalist for the MacGuffin Poet Hunt 29

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Jorie Graham, Joseph Millar, Deni Naffziger, Robbi Nester, Linda Gregg, Danusha Lameris, Dion O’Reilly.
What I'm reading now: 
Too Bright to See by Linda Gregg, Dark Harvest by Joseph Millar

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Appalachian, Feminist
Prefers to work with: 
Homelessness, Mental Health, Teachers, Women
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Logan, OH
Ohio
Raised in: 
Logan, OH
Ohio
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Last update: Jan 09, 2025