R. P. Singletary

Poet, Fiction Writer

Author's Bio

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MY DEBUT eco-friendly experimental love NOVEL speak softly among icebergs, out from Parlyaree Press (April 23rd, 2026 : the Bard's day). Pre-orders here >> https://linktr.ee/parlyaree#540675310

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A RURAL NATIVE of america. Writer across genres. Fiction, poetry, drama, hybrid. Dabbler in other media. Affiliations: Dramatists Guild & Authors Guild. Support rec'd from Institute for Humane Studies, Institute of European Studies, Iowa Summer Writing Festival, The Literary Consultancy (U.K.), Looking Glass Rock Writers' Conference, Hub City Writers Project, Kenyon Review Summer Residential Writers Workshop: Fiction, and others. Thank you.

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Book:
SPEAK SOFTLY AMONG ICEBERGS (Parlyaree Press, 2026)
Journals:
100subtexts
,
Active Muse
,
Ariel Chart
,
Audience Askew Literary Journal
,
Big Windows Review
,
Blood+Honey
,
Brief Wilderness
,
Bull: Men's Fiction
,
Chamber Magazine
,
Club Plum Literary Journal
,
Cowboy Jamboree
,
Cream Scene Carnival
,
EBB
,
Exist Otherwise
,
Flora Fiction
,
Haunted Journal
,
Horizon
,
Instant Noodles
,
JONAHmagazine
,
Leon Literary Review
,
Literally Stories
,
Litro Magazine
,
Lost Lake Folk Opera
,
Lothlorien Poetry Journal
,
Microfiction Monday Magazine
,
Mystery Tribune
,
New Square
,
New Square Literary Magazine
,
Open: Journal of Arts & Letters
,
Pulp
,
Rathalla Review
,
Roi Fainéant Press
,
The Rumen
,
Screen Door Review
,
Stone of Madness
,
Syncopation Literary Journal
,
The Collidescope
,
The Stray Branch
,
Wicked Gay Ways
,
Word's Faire
,
Writer's Block

Poetry

Anthology:
My Sanskriti in Teal (Wingless Dreamer, 2023)
Journals:
Bending Genres
,
coalitionworks
,
Last Leaves Magazine
,
Poetry Festival
,
Wasteland Review
Prizes won: 
  • Do Noms Count:
  1. Lost Blonde Lit magazine nominated my piece "Memory out of habit / Picture with no words" for a Pushcart Prize, 2025.
  2. “Pine Cones (There will always be) more pine cones, come tomorrow" - nominated for a Pushcart Prize! by Club Plum Literary Journal (July 2025) -- https://clubplumliteraryjournal.com/r-p-...
  3. https://atlantawritersclub.org/our-membe...
  4. https://go.authorsguild.org/member_books/

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More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American, Christian, Southern
Prefers to work with: 
Illness/Wellness, LGBTQ, Naturalists/Environmentalists, Religious Studies, Seniors, Spirituality
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Last update: Feb 21, 2026