Alice White

Poet

Halifax, NS
Canada
Nova Scotia CA
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Author's Bio

Alice White is a poet based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Originally from the U.S., she attended the University of Kansas, where she received the Edwin M. Hopkins Award for excellence in the study of literature and the William Herbert Carruth Award for poetry. She holds an M.A. in English with First Class Honours from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, where she was awarded the King James VI Prize for distinction in literature studies. Her work has been supported by fellowships and scholarships from AWP Writer to Writer, the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Brooklyn Poets, and the Hawthornden Foundation. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Arc PoetryBlackbird, Black Warrior Review, Copper Nickel, The Ex-PuritanThe Fiddlehead, Greensboro ReviewGulf Coast, The Kenyon ReviewNew Letters, New Ohio Review, North American ReviewPleiadesPoetry Ireland ReviewThe Poetry Review, Poetry WalesPrairie SchoonerPRISM, The Rialtoswamp pink, and The Threepenny Review, and on the podcast The Slowdown. She was featured in Best New Poets 2023.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Best New Poets 2023 (University of Virginia Press, 2024)
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Aesthetica Creative Writing Award 2023 (Aesthetica Magazine Ltd., 2023)
Prizes won: 

The Langston Hughes Award

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Fluent in: 
English, French
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Last update: Jul 22, 2026