Amanda Conover

Poet

Peoria, IL
US
Email: 
amandamconover@gmail.com
Website: 
www.amandaconover.com

Author's Bio

Amanda Conover writes poetry that is often surreal-leaning, mystical, and confessional. She is the Poetry Editor for Carolina Muse Literary & Arts Magazine and holds an MFA from Arcadia University. Her poems appear or are forthcoming in Atlanta Review, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, Lumina Journal, Witches Magazine, and elsewhere. Outside of poetry, she works as an editor in scholarly publishing and loves hiking in National Parks, traveling, and attending raves. Find her at www.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
,
Chaotic Merge Magazine
,
Clepsydra
,
Elevation Review
,
Glass: A Journal of Poetry
,
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

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Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Kinsale Drake, Ocean Vuong, Ada Limón, Dorthea Lasky, and Natalie Diaz, among others.
What I'm reading now: 
The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems by Patricia Smith

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: May 13, 2026