Laura Plummer

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Author's Bio

Laura Plummer is an award-winning poet, writer and filmmaker from Massachusetts, USA, living in Gloucester since 2014.

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Anthologies:
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Lessons Learned from My Cat (Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC, 2023)
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Clever, Curious, Caring Cat (Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC, 2021)
Journals:
400 Stories Project
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Pure in Heart
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Sun Magazine

Poetry

Anthology:
Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest 2023 Winners (Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest, 2023)
Journals:
400 Stories Project
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Atomic Flyswatter Online
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Cathexis Northwest Press
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Grand Little Things
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Sad Girls Club
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Somerville Times
Prizes won: 

Finalist, American Legacy Book Awards – Nonfiction Cross-Genre, 2025 – “A Decade in Gloucester: Reflections on History and Home”
Film Festival Selection, “How to Love the Moon”, Worldthreading Film Festival, Poetic Phonotheque, 2025
Grant recipient, 400 USD Short Film Grant, Creative County Initiative, Essex County Community Foundation, 2025
Winner, Second Place, The Barbara Sykes Memorial Humorous Poem, Poetry Society of Michigan, 2024 – “The Spirit of the Stairs”
Honorable mention, Friends of Falun Gong Poetry Competition, 2024 – “Grandpa Doesn’t Smile Anymore”
Winner, Laureates’ Choice, Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest, 2024 – “Sonnet for an Old Cat”
Finalist, Five Minute Lit, Fall Contest, 2023 – “When Dad is Mom”
Winner, Grand Prize, Richard Angilly Memorial Contest, Dancing Poetry, 2023 – “How to Love the Moon”
Winner, Laureates’ Choice, Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest, 2023 – “How to Love the Moon”
Grant recipient, 500 USD Short Film Grant, Demand Media Studios, Inc., 2011
Winner, Slogan Contest, Multiservice Eating Disorders Association (MEDA), 2010 – “Beauty is not a size.”

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American, English American, Feminist
Fluent in: 
English, Spanish
Born in: 
MA
Massachusetts
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Last update: May 19, 2025