Printable view of Roberta Beary

Listed as:

Poet, Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer, Spoken Word Artist

Public address:

Email:

roberta@robertabeary.com

Bio:

Roberta Beary they/she, identifies as gender-fluid, and writes to connect with other trauma survivors. Their prose poem 'After You Self Medicate with Roethke's The Waking Read by Text to Speech App' won the Bridport Prize. Their work appears in The New York Times, Rattle, MacQueen's Quinterly, 100 Word Story, Litro Magazine, Atticus Review, and other publications. They are co-author of the award-winning how-to book Haibun A Writer's Guide, (Ad Hoc Fiction, 2023). Crazy Bitches, her first full-length haibun collection, (MacQ, 2025) contains 80 haibun written from 2024 to 2024. Their short poem collection, The Unworn Necklace, received multiple prizes and was a finalist for the Poetry Society of America book award, a first for a book of haiku. Her prose poem collection, Deflection, was named a National Poetry Month Best Pick by Washington Independent Review of Books. Beary co-edited Wishbone Moon, international anthology of haiku by women, published by Jacar Press. Their most recent haiku collection, Carousel, won the Snapshot Press Book Award (2024) and was named a Touchstone finalist (2025). Their collaborative work on One Breath: The Reluctant Engagement Project, which pairs their writings with artwork by people with disabilities and their families, was named a DaVinci Eye/Eric Hoffer Award finalist and was shortlisted for a Touchstone Book Award. Beary is the longtime haibun editor at Modern Haiku. Follow IG and Bluesky @shortpoemz

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Born in:

Jamaica Estates,, NY

New York

Raised in:

Website:

https://robertabeary.com/ [2]

Prizes won:

Book Awards:

Winner, Snapshot Press Book Award (2019/2006); Finalist, Poetry Society of America Book Award (2008); Finalist, Touchstone Distinguished Book Awards (2016); Finalist, DaVinci Eye Award (2023; Finalist, Eric Hoffer Book Awards (2016); Winner, Haiku Society America Book Awards (2014/2009/2008/2007.)

Writing Awards:

Bridport Prize 1st (Poetry/2022); Rattle Poetry Contest Finalist (2023); Touchstone Award (Haibun/2023); Best Small Fictions (2020/2022); Best Microfiction (2019/2021); Pushcart Prize (multiple nominations); Best of the Net (multiple nominations); The Heron's Nest Award 2025 (USA) Arlington Moving Words Competition 2025 (USA); Kusamakura Grand Prize 2023/2005 (Japan); Haiku Society America Senryu Contest 1st Prize (USA); Haiku International Contest 1st Prize (Japan); Penumbra Haiku Contest 1st Prize (USA); Tokutomi Haiku Awards 1st Prize (USA), Yamadero Basho Distinguished Prize (Japan); Lilliput Review Basho 1st Prize (USA); Modern Haiku Journal-Best of Issue Awards (USA); Haiku Ireland 1st Prize Kukai Awards (Ireland); International Haiku Contest 1st Prize (Poland); Sharpening the Green Pencil Haiku Contest 1st Prize (Romania); Ito En Oi Ocha Haiku Contest Sponsor’s Award (Japan).

Contest Judge:

British Haiku Society; Sable Books; Haiku Society of America; Haiku Poets of Northern California; Kilbride Haibun; KYSO Flash Best of Issue; Golden Triangle; Embassy of Japan; North Carolina Poetry Society; The Heron's Nest; Modern Haiku; Haiku Poland International.

Prefers to work with:

Any