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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Wilmington, NC

North Carolina US

Email:

joanne@joannedurham.com

Bio:

Joanne Durham is the author of To Drink from a Wider Bowl, winner of the 2021 Sinclair Poetry Prize (Evening Street Press, 2022) and the chapbook, On Shifting Shoals, (Kelsay Books 2023). Her poetry appears in Poetry South, Poetry East, Calyx, Vox Populi, NC Literary Review, Whale Road Review, Banyan Review, Sky Island Journal, Chautauqua, Quartet, Still Points Arts Quarterly, Juniper, Gyroscope, Verse Virtual, Yellow Arrow, and numerous other journals and anthologies. She is an Associate Editor at Evening Street Press. A retired educator, she lives on the North Carolina coast, with the ocean as her backyard and muse.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Twitter/X:

https://twitter.com/DurhamJoanne

Website:

https://www.joannedurham.com/ [2]

Prizes won:

Sinclair Poetry Prize (2021), Third Wednesday Magazine Annual Poetry Contest (2023), Mary Ruffin Poole Prize (2023), Finalist, Naugatuck River Review Narrative Poetry Contest (2023), Finalist, Lit/South Poetry Contest (2023), Finalist, Mary Blinn Poetry Contest (2023), Eric Hoffer Nominee (2022), Semi-Finalist, James Applewhite Contest (2022), Lena Shull Book Contest Honorable Mention (2021), Ruminate Broadside Prize Finalist (2021), NC Poetry Society Poet Laureate Award Finalist (2021), NC State Poetry Contest Finalist (2021), Prime Magazine Summer Challenge winner (2021), Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators Work-in-Progress Award, Picture Books (2018)

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Any

Children

Schools

Seniors

Teachers

Women