Marta Ferguson

Poet

Waverly, IA
Iowa US
Email: 
marta@wordhound.com
Website: 
www.wordhound.com

Author's Bio

For nineteen years Marta Ferguson has been the sole proprietor of Wordhound Writing & Editing Services, LLC. Prior to that, she was the poetry editor at The Missouri Review. She holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Missouri-Columbia and teaches periodically for non-specialist audiences. She has published two paranormal cozy novels, available at Amazon, *Demeter West and the Ghost Town Glitch* and *Demeter West and the Absent Presence.*

Publications & Prizes

Book:
Mustang Sally Pays Her Debt to Wilson Pickett (Main Street Rag, 2005)
Journals:
5 AM
,
Alligator Juniper
,
Amoskeag
,
Aurorean
,
Bluestem Magazine
,
Cape Rock
,
Comstock Review
,
Connecticut Review
,
Copper Nickel
,
Cortland Review
,
Crab Orchard Review
,
Fugue
,
Hayden's Ferry Review
,
MacGuffin
,
Passages North
,
Pearl Magazine
,
Poet Lore
,
Poetry Daily
,
Prairie Schooner
,
Puerto del Sol
,
Rattle
,
Slant
,
So to Speak
,
South Dakota Review
,
Southeast Review
,
Spillway
,
Wisconsin Review
Prizes won: 

Finalist, 2012 White Pine Poetry Prize. Finalist, 2010 Gell Poetry Prize. Finalist, 2011 Alligator Juniper National Writing Contest. Finalist, 2005 Main Street Rag Chapbook Competition. Semi-Finalist, 2005 Poetry West Chapbook Competition. Finalist, 2004 Pudding House Chapbook Competition.

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More Information

Gives readings: 
No
Travels for readings: 
No
Fluent in: 
English
Raised in: 
IA
Iowa
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Last update: May 16, 2021