Travis Park

Poet

Noblesville , IN
Indiana US
Website: 
www.instagram.com/travisparkarch…

Author's Bio

Travis Park is an Indiana poet and photographer whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in Modern Haiku, Frogpond, Presence, Ribbons, Prune Juice, South 85 Journal, Sheila-Na-Gig, and other journals. He is the author of the chapbook What Remains (Origami Poems Project, 2026). His honors include awards from the Indiana Poetry Society and the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, second place in the William Faulkner Literary Competition, and an Indiana Arts Commission Work in Progress Exchange Labs & Micro-Support Grant. He has also served as an Indiana Arts Commission grant review panelist. He is an oblate of Saint Meinrad Archabbey.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Encore: Prize Poems 2024 (National Federation of State Poetry Societies, 2024)
,
Ink to Paper, Volume 8: A Poetry Society of Indiana Anthology (Poetry Society of Indiana, 2024)
Chapbook:
What Remains (Origami Poems Project, 2026)
Journals:
5-7-5 Haiku Journal
,
Awen
,
Carmina Magazine
,
Circle of Salt
,
Dadakuku
,
DailyHaiga
,
Drifting Sands
,
Eunoia Review
,
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
,
Haiku Avenue
,
Haiku in Action
,
Haikuniverse
,
Horror Senryu Journal
,
Inkwell
,
INverse: Indiana's Poetry Archive
,
Kokako
,
LEAF
,
Listening Eye
,
Mamba Journal
,
McNeese Review
,
Mediterranean Poetry
,
MoonPark Review
,
NeverEnding Story
,
One Sentence Poems
,
Only Human
,
Other Bunny
,
Our Best Haiga
,
Paragraph Planet
,
Presence
,
Prune Juice: Journal of Senryu and Kyoka
,
Quail Eggs
,
Right Hand Pointing
,
Route 7 Review
,
Sandy River Review
,
Sheila-Na-Gig
,
smols
,
South 85 Journal
,
Synchronized Chaos
,
Wales Haiku Journal
Prizes won: 
  • William Faulkner Literary Competition (2024): Poetry Category, 2nd Place
  • National Federation of State Poetry Societies (2024): Power of Women Award, 2nd Place; Mildred Vorpahl Baas Remembrance Award, 3rd Place
  • Indiana Arts Commission (2025): Work in Progress Exchange Labs & Micro-Support Grant
  • Tiny Wren Lit (2026): Finalist, Tiny Chapbook Contest
  • L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest (2025): Honorable Mention
  • Indiana Poetry Society (2023): Three 1st-place awards, one 2nd-place award, four honorable mentions
  • Pushcart/Best of the Net nominations

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
IN
Indiana
Raised in: 
IN
Indiana
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Last update: Oct 07, 2026