Linette Marie Allen

Poet

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Author's Bio

Linette Marie Allen, winner of the 2021 Kay Murphy Prize for Poetry, holds an MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts from the University of Baltimore. Her writing has appeared in Griffel (Norway), Bangalore Review (India), Geometry Journal (New Zealand), Bangor Literary Journal (Ireland), Existere (Canada), The Hong Kong Review (China), The Rialto (England), Prairie Schooner (United States), and elsewhere. She is a member of the Academy of American Poets.

Education:

University of Baltimore MFA

Publications & Prizes

Journals:

ALBA

Blue Moon Literary & Art Review

Boulevard

Coal Hill Review

Cold Mountain Review

Entropy

Existere

Griffel

Hayden's Ferry Review

Hong Kong Review

Hopkins Review

Kestrel

Lindenwood Review

Little Patuxent Review

Loch Raven Review

Masque & Spectacle

Notre Dame Review

Potomac Review

The Bangor Literary Journal

The Nassau Review

The Rialto

Tishman Review

Welter

Western Humanities Review

Prizes won:

2018: Recipient of a Turner Research and Travel Award for Poetry (Accra, Ghana).
2018: "Old Testament on West Preston," selected from a competitive pool of statewide entries, wins placement in the Baltimore Review's Maryland Writers Special Issue. One of ten writers chosen, Allen is featured alongside Karen Houppert, Associate Director of the Master of Arts Writing Program at Johns Hopkins, and Grace Cavalieri, Maryland Poet Laureate and radio host of “The Poet and the Poem” at the Library of Congress.
2019: "Quartered" is set to music and performed by composers at The Peabody Institute.
2020: "The Goldilocks Zone in Watermelon" is nominated by the Ilanot Review for the Best of the Net Anthology, published by Sundress Publications.
2020: "American Reel," a debut poem collection, is runner-up in the New Poetry and Prose Series Competition, sponsored by University Press of Kentucky, judged by Camille Dungy and other distinguished members of the board.
2020: "Hot Body, Cold Body, Working Body" is a finalist in the Mikrokosmos Poetry Contest, sponsored by Wichita State University, judged by esteemed poet Michael Kriesel.
2020: "Basquiat, Three Ways" is a finalist in the Quarterly West Poetry and Prose Contest, sponsored by the University of Utah, judged by award-winning writer Peter Markus.
2020: Served as First Reader for the 2021 Mountain West Writer's Contest, judged by prized proser Vi Khi Nao and poet Carmen Giménez Smith, a Guggenheim Fellow.
2021: "Zoom," a persona poem, wins the Kay Murphy Prize for Poetry, judged by multi-award-winning poet and literary scholar Trace Peterson.
2021: "The Lucy Papers," a poem trio, is longlisted in Frontier Poetry's New Voices Contest, judged by prize-winning poet and critically acclaimed author Donika Kelly.
2021: Recipient of the University of Maryland Women's Forum (USMWF) Award.
2021: "Basquiat, Three Ways" is nominated for the Best of the Net Anthology.
2021: "The Awakening at Hains Point" is shortlisted for Room Magazine's Creative Nonfiction Prize in Vancouver.
2022: "Persona Picnic," a poem, is accepted for publication in Boulevard Magazine.
2022: "I read you &" and "Sottobosco," two poems, are accepted for publication in the Hopkins Review, a journal of literature and culture from the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University.
2022: "Sappho Reporting, Somewhere in Texas" is a finalist in the Black Warrior Review summer poetry contest, judged by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Diane Seuss.
2022: "Wild Collards," creative nonfiction, is accepted for publication in Phoebe Journal.
2022: "You'll Need 600 Pounds," a poem, is accepted for publication in Potomac Review.
2023: "How to Stave Off a Seizure" is a finalist for the Prufer Poetry Prize, judged by Donald Hall Prize-winning poet Joy Priest.
2023: "The Reader," nonfiction, is accepted for publication in L’Esprit Literary Review.
2023: "African Triptych," a poem, is accepted for publication in Márọkọ Magazine.
2023: "Sappho Reporting, Somewhere in Texas" and "A Talent for Duck," two poems, are accepted for publication in Hayden's Ferry Review.

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

American

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Fluent in:

Italian

Born in:

Washington, DC

District Of Columbia

Raised in:

Washington, DC

District Of Columbia

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Last update: Mar 03, 2024