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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

New Orleans, LA

Louisiana US

Bio:

Stacey Balkun is the author of Eppur Si Muove, Jackalope-Girl Learns to Speak, & Lost City Museum. Winner of the 2017 Women's National Book Association Poetry Prize, her critical & creative work has appeared in Best New Poets 2018, Crab Orchard Review, The Rumpus, and many other anthologies & journals. Chapbook Series Editor for Sundress Publications, Stacey holds an MFA from Fresno State and teaches poetry online at The Poetry Barn & The Loft. Visit her online at www.staceybalkun.com [2].

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Born in:

Longview, TX

Texas

Raised in:

Piscataway, NJ

New Jersey

Website:

https://www.staceybalkun.com [3]

Prizes won:

Second Place, Nan Snow Emerging Writer Award, 2018; First Place, Women's National Book Award Poetry Prize, 2017; First Place, Words & Music Poetry Prize, 2017; Finalist, Wherewithal Poetry Prize 2015; Press53 53-Word Story Contest: Winner, December 2014; Tupelo Press Sunken Garden Poetry Prize: First Runner-up, chosen by Mark Doty, 2014; C.G. Hanzlicek Poetry Writing Fellowship: Recipient, 2013; Tucson Festival of the Book Award: Finalist, 2012; Mitchell Adelman Memorial Scholarship Award: Recipient, 2009; Alabama State Poetry Society Fall 2009 Poetry Competition: Second Place, 2009; Phyllis B. Abrams Poetry Award: Recipient, 2006; Fourth Annual Walt Whitman Poetry Festival: Award Recipient, 2006

Education:

Fresno State

Writers Retreats:

Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference

Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference

Poets on the Coast: A Weekend Retreat for Women

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Naturalists/Environmentalists

Teenagers