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REBECCA MACIJESKI [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Natchitoches, LA
Louisiana US
Email: 
macijeskir@nsula.edu
Bio: 

Rebecca Macijeski holds a PhD in Poetry from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. In addition, she has served as an Assistant Editor in Poetry for Hunger Mountain and Prairie Schooner and as an assistant to Ted Kooser’s newspaper column, American Life in Poetry. She has attended artist residencies with The Ragdale Foundation, Art Farm Nebraska, and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center. Her poems have appeared widely in such journals as Nimrod, The Missouri Review, The Journal, Sycamore Review, Gargoyle, Poet Lore, Painted Bride Quarterly, Rappahannock Review, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, and others. She the Coordinator of Creative Writing Programs and an Associate Professor in the Department of English, Languages, and Cutural Studies at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

Gives readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Twitter/X: 
@RMacijeski
Website: 
https://www.rebeccamacijeski.com/ [2]
Prizes won: 

Pushcart Nomination by Split Rock Press in 2022, Pushcart Nomination by The Mantle in 2022, 2021 Winner of the Split Rock Press Chapbook Competition for Autobiography, Best of the Net Nomination by Peatsmoke Journal in 2020, Pushcart Nomination by Peatsmoke Journal in 2020, Best of the Net Nomination by museum of americana in 2018, Best of the Net Nomination by Atlas & Alice in 2017, Best of the Net Nomination by Lime Hawk in 2015, Best of the Net Nomination by Storyscape in 2015, Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Foundation Prize in 2012

Education: 
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Vermont College of Fine Arts–Writing
Writers Retreats: 
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts
Ragdale

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/rebecca_macijeski [2] https://www.rebeccamacijeski.com/