Rebecca Dietrich

Poet

Ocean City, NJ
New Jersey US

Author's Bio

 

Rebecca Dietrich is a poet and photographer from the Jersey Shore. She is the author of poetry collection Under the Stars of Turtle Island (Wayfarer Books, 2025) and chapbook On Colonized Ground (Alien Buddha Press, 2024), a 2025 Eric Hoffer Book Award finalist. Her work appears in Welter, Steam Ticket, Red Coyote, Blue Earth Review and elsewhere. She holds a BA in Psychology from Stockton University and is an MFA in Creative Writing candidate at the Institute of American Indian Arts.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
27th Annual Poetry Ink (Moonstone Press, 2024)
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S/He Speaks: Voices of Women and Trans Folx (Moonstone Press, 2023)
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Under Her Eye (Black Spot Books, 2023)
Book:
Under the Stars of Turtle Island (Wayfarer Books, 2025)
Chapbooks:
On Colonized Ground (Alien Buddha Press, 2024)
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The Last Lullaby (Bottlecap Press, 2024)
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Scholar of the Arts and Inhumanities (Finishing Line Press, 2023)
Journals: ,
Bourgeon
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Ellipsis
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Hong Kong Review
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In Parentheses
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Making Waves: a West Michigan Review
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Nunum
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Plumwood Mountain Journal
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Red Coyote
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Santa Fe Writers Project
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The Bookends Review
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Wild Roof Journal
Prizes won: 

Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist and Blue Earth Review's Dog Daze of Summer Poetry Contest 2025 first runnerup 

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
George Orwell, Kurt Vonnegut, Milan Kundera, Joy Harjo, Natalie Diaz

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American, LGBTQ, Native American, White
Prefers to work with: 
LGBTQ, Women
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Toms River, NJ
New Jersey
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Last update: Jun 02, 2026