Kathryn Jordan

Poet

Berkeley, CA
California US
Email: 
kathejordan@yahoo.com
Website: 
kathrynjordan.org/

Author's Bio

A musician and writer from Berkeley, CA, Kathryn studied for her MA with Robert Hass at UC Berkeley.  She is the winner of the San Miguel de Allende Writers Conference Prize for Poetry and the Sidney Lanier Poetry Award.  Jordan’s poems have also placed or won Honorable Mention in the Steve Kowit Poetry Prize, Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Award, Connecticut Poetry Prize and Patricia Dobler Prize on multiple occasions. One poem was recently awarded Outstanding Finalist for the Cantor Prize. Her poems appear in The Sun Magazine, New Ohio Review, and Comstock Review, among others. Jordan loves to hike the hills, listening for the thrush that sings two notes on one breath. 

Writers Retreats: 
Napa Valley Writers’ Conference

Publications & Prizes

Chapbook:
Riding Waves (Finishing Line Press, 2018)
Journals:
Atlanta Review
,
Banyan Review
,
Birdland Journal
,
Catamaran Literary Reader
,
Chautauqua
,
Citadel
,
Collateral
,
Comstock Review
,
Connecticut River Review
,
Crosswinds Poetry Journal
,
Montréal Serai
,
New Ohio Review
,
Oberon Poetry
,
Panoply
,
San Diego Poetry Annual
,
Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices
,
The Sun
,
Wraparound South
Prizes won: 

San Miguel de Allende Writers' Conference Poetry Prize, First Place

Sidney Lanier Poetry Award, Third Place

Steve Kowit Poetry Prize, 3x, Honorable Mention

Connecticut Poetry Prize, Third Place and Honorable Mention

Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Award (Comstock Review)  2x Special Merit

Birdy Prize, Finalist

Patricia Dobler Poetry Award, Finalist and Honorable Mention

Cantor Prize, Outstanding Finalist

Crossroads Writers Contest, Second Place

Elizabeth Mills Crothers Prize for Short Story, Third Place

Finishing Line Press New Women's Voices Prize, Honorable Mention

Tucson Festival of Books Literary Prize, Finalist

New Ohio Review Poetry Prize, Finalist

Jesse Bryce Niles Chapbook Contest (Comstock Review), Finalist

 

 

 

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Ellen Bass, Marie Howe, Jane Hirschfield, Alison Luterman, Wendell Berry, David Whyte, Jennifer Clement, Elena Ferrante
What I'm reading now: 
Gun Love by Jennifer Clement, Lorenzo in Taos by Mabel Dodge Luhan, A Walk in the Park by Kevin Fedarko

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English, Spanish
Born in: 
Pensacola, FL
Florida
Raised in: 
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Last update: May 07, 2025