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Laura Sobbott Ross [1]

Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Email:

laurasobbottross@gmail.com

Bio:

Laura Sobbott Ross has worked as a teacher and a writing coach in Lake County, Florida, where she was named as the inaugural poet laureate. Her poetry appears in many journals and anthologies. She was a finalist for the Arts&Letters Poetry Award and won the Southern Humanities Review Auburn Witness Poetry Prize. She is the author of two poetry chapbooks and three poetry books.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Prizes won:

2022 Bedford Competition, Finalist; 2021 International Poetry Contest for the Atlanta Review, Merit Award; 2019 Richard Snyder Publication Prize, Finalist; 2019 Washington Prize at the Word Works; Semi-finalist; 2017 Southern Humanities Review Auburn Witness Poetry Prize, First Place; 2017 Public Poetry Contest, Finalist; 2016 Anzaldua Poetry Prize, Finalist; 2016 Arts&Letters Poetry Prize, Finalist; 2015 Cape Cod Cultural Center Poetry Prize, Finalist; 2015 Tusculum Review Poetry Chapbook, Finalist; The Ledge Poetry Award 2013, First Place; Yellow Jacket Press Chapbook Contest for Florida Poets 2011, First Place; Thomas Merton Poetry of the Sacred Contest 2011, Honorable Mention; Creekwalker Poetry Prize 2008, Finalist.