Patricia Gray

Poet, Fiction Writer

Washington, DC
District Of Columbia US

Author's Bio

Patricia Gray’s publications include poems in the winter 2024-25 issues of The Plentitudes and The McGuffin, and in the 2025 issues of The Mid-Atlantic Review, The Raven’s Perch, Ground Journal, The Other Side of the Hill anthology, Hill Rag and on patriciagrayauthor.com. Winner of seven Artist Fellowships from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, she was a finalist for the 55th Millennium Writing Award in poetry. Gray formerly directed the Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress, where she created, designed and ran the popular Poetry at Noon series and served during the tenure of several Poets Laureate.  Her MFA in creative writing is from the University of Virginia, where she received the Academy of American Poets Award.

 

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Journal:
Miscellany

Poetry

Anthologies:
The Other Side of the Hill (Pond Road Press, 2025)
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Endlessly Rocking (unbound CONTENT, 2019)
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Not What I Expected (Paycock, 2007)
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Winners: A Retrospective of the Washington Prize (Word Works, 2005)
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Cabin Fever (Word Works, 2004)
Book:
Rupture (Red Hen Press, 2005)
Journals:
Mediterranean Poetry
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Mid-Atlantic Review
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The Plentitudes

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
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Last update: Dec 05, 2025