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Frank Paino [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Middleburg Heights, OH
Ohio US
Email: 
fpaino1197@icloud.com
Bio: 

Frank Paino holds a BA in English from Baldwin Wallace University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the Vermont College low-residency writing program. While studying at Vermont, he had the privilege of working with poets Richard Jackson, Mark Doty, Lynda Hull and David Wojahn. Following graduation, he eschewed a teaching career in favor of a non-academic position at a university where he continues to work to this day.
 
Frank's first two volumes of poetry were published by Cleveland State University Press: The Rapture of Matter (1991) and Out of Eden  (1997). He has received a number of awards for his work, including a 2016 Individual Excellence Award from The Ohio Arts Council, a Pushcart Prize and The Cleveland Arts Prize in Literature.

Orison Books published Paino's third book, OBSCURA, in April 2020.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Brian Barker Nicky Beer Nickole Brown Linda Bierds Matt Donovan Mark Doty Jessica Jacobs Larry Levis Frannie Lindsay ​Jude Nutter William Olsen ​Molly Spencer Mary Szybist R. A. Villanueva Mark Wagenaar Michael Waters William Wright
Born in: 
Cleveland, OH
Ohio
Raised in: 
Cleveland, OH
Ohio
Website: 
https://www.frankpaino.net [2]
Prizes won: 
  • Winner:  2017 Crab Orchard Review Special Issue Feature Award, "Skeleton Lake."
  • Recipient:  2016 Individual Excellence Award from The Ohio Arts Council 
  • Winner:  Katherine & Lee Chilcote Foundation Award for Excellence in Poetry, 1998.  OUT OF EDEN
  • Winner:  Cleveland State University Poetry Prize, 1996. OUT OF EDEN
  • Winner:  Cleveland Arts Prize in Literature, 1994
  • Winner:  Paumanok Poetry Award, 1992. SUNY Farmingdale
  • Winner:  Mississippi Valley Review 20th Anniversary Writing Contest, 1991. "The Truth" (Judge: Richard Wilbur)
  • Winner:  Tom McAfee Discovery Feature, 1991. “Horse Latitudes” The Missouri Review
  • Winner:  Cleveland State Poetry Center Prize, 1990. THE RAPTURE OF MATTER
  • Recipient:  Pushcart Prize, 1990. "What The Blue Jay Said"
  • Winner:  21st Annual Midwest Writer's Conference, 1989. "Horse Latitudes" (Judge: Elton Glaser)
Education: 
Vermont College of Fine Arts–Writing
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/frank_paino [2] https://www.frankpaino.net