Amanda Conover

Poet

Peoria, IL

Email:

Website:

www.amandaconover.com

Author's Bio

Amanda Conover is a recent MFA alum based in Peoria, IL who often explores themes such as existentialism, spirituality, and social issues. She is the Poetry Editor for Carolina Muse Literary & Arts Magazine and works in scholarly publishing. Her poetry has been published in Atlanta Review, the lickety~split, Sad Girl Diaries, Witches Magazine, and elsewhere. Find her at amandaconover.com or on Instagram @amandamconover.

Education:

Arcadia University MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

the North Carolina Bards (Local Gems Press, 2023)

Let's begin again (Wingless Dreamer, 2022)

Global Warming (Poets' Choice Publishing, 2020)

Journals:

Atlanta Review

Bowery Gothic

Bridge: The Bluffton University Literary Journal

Chaffin Journal

Clepsydra

Elevation Review

Instant Noodles

lickety~split

Lumina

Miracle Monocle

Mobius: The Journal of Social Change

Moist Poetry Journal

Moss Puppy Magazine

Scapegoat Review

Word's Faire

Prizes won:

Sad Girls Diaries 2nd Place Poetry Contest Winner (Winter 2024), semi-finalist in the 2024 Charles B. Wheeler Poetry Prize

Watch

Reading "sugar" and "a bisexual perspective on love" at Pride Birdsong Open Mic (Blackbird Books and Coffee in Raleigh, NC)

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

Kinsale Drake, Ocean Vuong, Ada Limón, Dorthea Lasky, and Natalie Diaz, among others.

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

American, Feminist, LGBTQ

Born in:

Erie, PA

Pennsylvania

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Last update: Sep 26, 2025