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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Atlanta, GA

Georgia US

Email:

lynn@lynnpedersen.com

Bio:

Lynn Pedersen is the author of The Nomenclature of Small Things (Carnegie Mellon University Press Poetry Series), Theories of Rain (Main Street Rag Editor's Choice Chapbook Series), and Tiktaalik, Adieu (Finishing Line Press New Women's Voices Chapbook Series). Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in New England Review, Ecotone, Nimrod, Bennington Review, Tupelo Quarterly, and Southern Poetry Review. She is a Pushcart Prize and Georgia Author of the Year Award nominee. Pedersen is a graduate of the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in Writing program.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Website:

https://www.lynnpedersen.com [2]

Prizes won:

2018 Mona Van Duyn Scholar, Sewanee Writers' Conference; 2017 Eric Hoffer Academic Press Award, The Nomenclature of Small Things; 2017 Eric Hoffer Book Award Grand Prize Shortlist, The Nomenclature of Small Things; 2016 Julie Suk Award Longlist for Poetry, The Nomenclature of Small Things; 2016 Forward INDIES Finalist for Poetry, The Nomenclature of Small Things; 2016 Lascaux Prize Finalist in Collected Poetry, The Nomenclature of Small Things; 2017 Honorable Mention, Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize, The Nomenclature of Small Things; 2017 Georgia Author of the Year Award Nominee, The Nomenclature of Small Things; 2016 Eric Hoffer Book Award Honorable Mention, Tiktaalik, Adieu (Chapbook); 2009 Georgia Author of the Year Award Nominee, Theories of Rain; Ecotone Evolution Contest Third Place "On Reading About the Illness and Death of Darwin's Daughter Annie"

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Teachers