Kaecey McCormick

Poet

Author's Bio

Originally from New England, Kaecey McCormick now writes poetry and prose in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the winner of the 2023 Connecticut Poetry Prize, past poet laureate for the city of Cupertino, California, and an instructor at The Writers Studio. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in different literary journals, including The Pinch, Clockhouse, Jabberwock Review, Pedestal Magazine, and Pine Hills Review as well as her chapbooks Sleeping with Demons (2023) and Pixelated Tears (2018). When not writing, you can find Kaecey hiking up a mountain, painting, or reading a book. 

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
The Dark Ones (Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 2016)
Chapbooks:
Sleeping with Demons (Finishing Line Press, 2023)
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Pixelated Tears (Prolific Press, 2018)
Journals: ,
Clockhouse
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Connecticut River Review
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Crosswinds Poetry Journal
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Heartland Review
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Levee Magazine
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Linden Avenue Literary Journal
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Literary Orphans
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Muleskinner Journal
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On the Seawall
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One Art
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One Sentence Poems
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Raw Art Review
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Red Earth Review
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Sixfold
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The HitchLit Review
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The Phoenix Soul
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Prizes won: 

Connecticut Poetry Prize 2023: First Place, “Bruin Walk”;

Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize 2023: Third Place, “Dandelion Wishes”;

Mirabai Prize for Poetry 2020: Honorable Mention, “a shadow”;

Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition, Non-rhyming Poetry 2016: Honorable Mention, “Ferris Wheel on the Santa Monica Pier”;

Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition, Non-rhyming Poetry 2016: Honorable Mention, “The Next One”

 

More Information

Identifies as: 
Feminist
Born in: 
Southbridge, MA
Massachusetts
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Last update: Mar 14, 2024