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Tim Mayo [1]

Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Brattleboro, VT

Vermont US

Email:

tim-mayo@tim-mayo.net

Bio:

Tim Mayo holds an ALB, cum laude, from Harvard University in French Language & Culture and an MFA in Writing & Literature from Bennington College. His first full length collection, The Kingdom of Possibilities,(Mayapple Press, 2009) was a finalist for the 2009 May Swenson Award. His second volume of poems, Thesaurus of Separation(Phoenicia Publishing 2016) was a finalist for the 2017 Montaigne Medal and a finalist for the 2017 Eric Hoffer Book Award. His collection, Notes to the Mental Hospital Timekeeper (Kelsay Books) was published in November, 2019 and received an Honorable Mention in the chapbook category of the 2020 Eric Hoffer Book Awards. He works in a mental institution.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

French

Website:

http://www.tim-mayo.com/ [2]

Prizes won:

International Merit Award for Poetry, The Atlanta Review 1999, 2000; Semi-Finalist, "Discover"/The Nation Poetry Contest 2000; Finalist, WinningWriters.com War Poetry Contest 2007; Finalist, WCDR Chapbook Challenge, Ajax, Ontario, Canada 2008; Nominated for Best of the Web Award by Babel Fruit 2008; Nominated for Best of the Web Award by The Rose & Thorn 2008; Vermont Studio Center Vermont Artist Week Fellowship 2006, 2008, 2018; Semi-Finalist Brittingham & Pollock Awards, 2009; Finalist, May Swenson Award, 2009; Semi-Finalist The Word Works Washington Prize, 2014, 2015; Finalist Quercus Review Press Poetry Book Award, 2014, 2015; Finalist, Paumanok Award 2009, 2016; Nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Red Headed Stepchild 2011; Nominated for Pushcart Prize by OVS Magazine 2012; Nominated for Pushcart Prize by Naugatuck River Review 2012; Nominated for Pushcart Prize by Naugatuck River Review 2013. Nominated for Pushcart Prize by Rat's Ass Review 2015. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Phoenicia Publishing 2016. Finalist for the 2017 Montaigne Medal. Category finalist for the 2017 Eric Hoffer Book Award (Thesaurus of Separation). Nominated for Pushcart Prize by Nine Muses Poetry 2019. Honorable Mention, chapbook category for the 2020 Eric Hoffer Book Award (Notes to the Mental Hospital Timekeeper).

Education:

Bennington Writing Seminars at Bennington College

What I'm reading now:

Here by Sydney Lea

Mistaking Each Other for Ghosts by Lawrence Raab

3 Sections by Vijay Seshadri

Faithful and Virtuous Night by Louise Glück

Hallowed: New and Selected Poems by Patricia Fargnoli

Some Glad Morning by Barbara Crooker

The Marksman by Jeff Friedman

Writers Retreats:

Vermont Studio Center

Prefers to work with:

Adults