Rob Smith

Poet, Fiction Writer

Huron, OH

Ohio US

Email:

rob@smithwrite.net

Website:

www.smithwrite.net

Author's Bio

Born in Youngstown, Ohio and raised in the Cleveland area, Rob Smith has been writing poetry and prose for over fifty years. As with many young writers, his creative efforts developed beneath the requirements of career. Nonetheless, he quietly persisted in creating a body of work representative of his imagination. In 2006, he entered his first poetry competition and was presented the Robert Frost Poetry Award by the Frost Foundation of Lawrence, MA. Since that time, he has written and/or edited a number of novels, poetry collections, and anthologies. Several of these can be found in the Library of Congress (Smith, Rob 1947-). He holds a bachelor’s degree in religion and philosophy from Westminster College (Pa) and master and doctoral degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary.

He and his wife, Nancy, currently write from Ohio's north coast.

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Books:

Sand Dollar Island (Drinian Press, 2013)

McGowan's Pass (Drinian Press, 2012)

Shrader Marks: Keelhouse (Drinian Press, 2012)

McGowan's Return (Drinian Press, 2011)

McGowan's Retreat (Drinian Press, 2009)

McGowan's Call (Drinian Press, 2007)

Children of Light (Drinian Press, 2006)

Journal:

Writers' Journal

Poetry

Anthologies:

44839: Poetry from a Zip Code (Drinian Press, 2020)

44839: Poetry from a Zip Code (Drinian Press, 2019)

Hessler Street Fair (Writing Knights Press, 2019)

44839: Poetry from a Zip Code (Drinian Press, 2018)

Hessler Street Fair (Writing Knights Press, 2018)

2017 Hessler Street Poetry Anthology (Writing Knights Press, 2017)

44839: Poetry from a Zip Code (Drinian Press, 2017)

2016 Hessler Street Fair (Crisis Chronicles Press, 2016)

Cleveland Poetry Scenes A Panorama & Anthology (Bottom Dog Press, 2008)

Books:

Eyes on Mars: A Poetic Memoir (Drinian Press, 2024)

The Immigrant's House (Drinian Press, 2012)

Two Hundred Fifty-six Zones of Gray (Bird Dog Publishing, 2008)

Chapbook:

Mzungu, Hello (Drinian Press, 2012)

Prizes won:

2006 Robert Frost Poetry Award (Frost Foundation, Lawrence, MA)

2006 Honorable Mention Winner (Horror/Ghost Contest, Writer's Journal)

2017 Honorable Mention (Robert Frost Poetry Award, Lawrence, MA)

Watch

Shrader Marks: Keelhouse

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Youngstown, OH

Ohio

Raised in:

North Olmsted, OH

Ohio

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Last update: Mar 08, 2025