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:

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

Prizes won:

Won the 2025 Bennett Nieberg Transpoetic Broadside Prize
Finalist for the 2025 Maureen Seaton Poetry Prize
Semifinalist for the 2024 James Applewhite Poetry Prize

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: Sep 06, 2025