D.L. Lang [1]
Listed as:
Poet
Public address:
Vallejo,
CA
California US
Email:
poetryebook@gmail.com
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?:
English
Born in:
Bad Hersfeld,
HE
Germany
Hessen
Raised in:
Enid,
OK
Oklahoma
Website:
Prizes won:
- One of ten winners of the 2023 Tulsa Curbside Haiku contest sponsored by Downtown Tulsa, the Woody Guthrie Center, and Magic City Books. Haiku were displayed all over Tulsa. Haiku is stored in the archives at the Woody Guthrie Center.
- Published in Workingman's Hand anthology and performed with the Woody Guthrie Poets at 2023 WoodyFest in Okemah, Oklahoma.
- Proclamation from the City of Vallejo honoring storytellers for 2023 Women's History Month
- Served as Poet Laureate of Vallejo, CA 2017-2019
- Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate for Public Service as Poet Laureate of Vallejo, California, 2018.
- Certificate of Recognition from the California Arts Council for contribution to local California communities through the art of poetry, 2018.
- “To Get Free”, Best of Show rosette in Unpublished Poetry, 2015 Solano County Fair
- “Master of Peace”, Reserve Best of Show rosette in Published Poetry, 2016 Solano County Fair
- “Generations,” Reserve Best of Show rosette in Published Poetry, 2017 Solano County Fair
- "Columbia River Gorgeous," Reserve Best of Show rosette in Unpublished Poetry, 2022 Solano County Fair
- “Bovine in Orbit” – Best in Class in Moonscapes Haiku, 2019 Marin County Fair
- “7 Words You Cannot Say in a ‘Free’ Country,” Best in Class in World Unity, Equality, & Diversity, 2018 Marin County Fair
Identifies as:
Disabled
Feminist
German American
Jewish
LGBTQ
Scotch-Irish American
Prefers to work with:
Adults
Teenagers