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Sierra Nelson [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Seattle, WA
Washington US
Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Website: 
https://songsforsquid.tumblr.com [2]
Prizes won: 
  • 2nd Place LitPop Literary Award Winner, selected by Eileen Myles (2017)
  • Carolyn Kizer Prize, Poetry Northwest (2014)
  • National Hackney Literary Award Poetry Prize (2011)
  • NYU's Washington Square Review Collaboration Award, selected by Anne Carson (2010)
  • Jack Straw Writers Program Award, as collaborative team Vis-à-Vis Society (2007)
  • Joan Grayson Prize for Best Poem Series (2002)
Education: 
University of Washington, Seattle
Writers Retreats: 
MacDowell
Vermont Studio Center

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/sierra_nelson

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/sierra_nelson [2] https://songsforsquid.tumblr.com