Rose Jenny

Poet

Nashville, TN

Tennessee US

Website:

rosejenny.com

Author's Bio

Rose Jenny (she/her) is a trans writer/performer based in Tennessee.

Education:

University of Miami MFA

Writers Retreats:

Sewanee Writers’ Conference

Publications & Prizes

Chapbook:

My Apocrypha (Bottlecap Press, 2024)

Journals:

Foglifter

Pensive: A Global Journal of Spirituality and the Arts

Santa Fe Writers Project

South Florida Poetry Journal

SWWIM Every Day

The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature

Waxing & Waning: A Literary Journal

Prizes won:

2025 Bennett Nieberg Transpoetic Broadside Prize (WINNER)
2021 Estelle J. Zbar Poetry Award (WINNER)
2025 Maureen Seaton Poetry Prize (FINALIST)
2025 St. Lawrence Book Award (SEMIFINALIST)
2024 James Applewhite Poetry Prize (SEMIFINALIST)

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

Danez Smith, Safiya Sinclair, James Baldwin, Charles Baudelaire, Shane McCrae, Ocean Vuong, Anne Carson

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

LGBTQ

Prefers to work with:

LGBTQ, Mental Health

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Buffalo, NY

New York

Raised in:

Charlotte, NC

North Carolina

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Last update: Dec 20, 2025