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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Port Townsend, WA

Washington US

Bio:

Matthew Nienow’s recently released collection, If Nothing (Alice James Books, 2025), received a starred review from Publishers Weekly and has been recommended by the New York Times Book Review, the Washington Post Book Club, and Poetry Northwest. He is also the author of House of Water (Alice James Books, 2016) and three earlier chapbooks. His poems and essays have appeared in Gulf Coast, Lit Hub, New England Review, Ploughshares, and Poetry, and have been recognized with fellowships from the Poetry Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Artist Trust. He lives in Port Townsend, Washington, with his wife and sons, where he works as a mental health counselor.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Spanish

Born in:

Los Angeles, CA

California

Raised in:

Seattle, WA

Washington

Website:

https://matthewnienow.com [2]

Prizes won:

Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Fellowship (2025); Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship (2013); Artist Trust Fellowship (2012); Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (2011); Grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation (2011); Individual Artist Award from 4Culture (2009; 2010); Loren D. Milliman Fellowship (2009-10); Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize (2009 winner; 2010 honorable mention; 2011 honorable mention); Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Work-Study Scholarship (2010; 2011; 2012)

Writers Retreats:

Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference

Prefers to work with:

Any