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Listed as:

Poet, Fiction Writer

Public address:

Kansas City, MO

Missouri US

Email:

laurenscharhag@gmail.com

Bio:

Lauren Scharhag (she/her) is an award-winning author of fiction and poetry, and a senior editor at Gleam. She has 19 titles available from Amazon and other retailers, including the In the King's Power series (self-published), Screaming Intensifies (Whiskey City Press), and Ain't These Sorrows Sweet (Roadside Press). She lives in Kansas City, MO. https://linktr.ee/laurenscharhag [2]

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

No

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Spanish

Favorite authors:

Fiction - Stephen King, Cormac McCarthy, Richard Adams, W. Somerset Maugham, Thomas Hardy, Barbara Kingsolver, Kurt Vonnegut, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Amy Tan, Holly Black Poetry - Sylvia Plath, T.S. Eliot, Margaret Atwood, Sherman Alexie, Carol Ann Duffy, Galway Kinnell, Terrance Hayes, W.B. Yeats, Scott Ferry, Octavio Paz

Born in:

Kansas City, MO

Missouri

Raised in:

Kansas City, MO

Missouri

RSS feed:

http://laurenscharhag.blogspot.com/feeds… [3]

Website:

http://laurenscharhag.blogspot.com/ [4]

Prizes won:

Rhysling Award, 2024, 1st Place - "Little Brown Changeling" (long form category)
Elgin Award nomination, 2024 - Moonlight and Monsters
Roadmap Short Story Competition, 2024, Top 50 - "Feather and Scale"
Rhysing Award nominations, 2024, Longlist - "Beneath the Bible Belt," "Little Brown Changeling" (Finalist), "The Two of Coins," "When the Honeymoon is Over" (all long form category)
Pushcart Prize nomination, 2023 - "Knowing You"
Best of the Net nominations, 2023 - "Hallway," "Electronic Voice Phenomenon"
Rhysling Award nomination, 2023, shortlist – “Interdimensional Border Town” (long form category)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association Speculative Poetry Contest, 2022, honorable mention – “Haunted Algorithm” (long poem category)
Stephen A. DiBiase Poetry Contest, 2022, finalist - "Priestess"
Laureate Prize, Harbor Editions, 2022, longlist - Moonlight and Monsters (poetry collection)
Rhysling Award nominations, 2022 - "Priestess" (long poem category), "Extremophile" (short poem category)
Shortlist, Bag of Bones 206-Word Story Contest, 2022 - "Merchandise"
Pushcart Prize nominations, 2021 – “Priestess,” “Confection”
Best of the Net nominations, 2021 - "A Seat at the Table," "Acheiropoieta," "Beauty Released"
The Lumiere Review Poetry Contest, 2021 - Top 100 (for a selection of poems)
Pushcart Prize nominations, 2020 - "Acheiropoieta," "Nagual"
Best of the Net nomination, 2020 - "Return"
The Seamus Burns Creative Writing Prize, 2019 (Northern Ireland) - "Comfort Animals"
Best of the Net nominations, 2019 - "Without," "The Water Station"
Door is a Jar Award, 2017 - "Meteor"
Dean’s Undergraduate Fellowship for fiction, Rockhurst University, 2009 – Under Julia
Gerard Manley Hopkins Prize for poetry, 2009 - “Ash, Tallow, Candle, Flame, Soap”
American Heartland Poetry Award, Honorable Mention, 1996 - “The Call of Aries”

Identifies as:

Disabled

LGBTQ

Mexican American

Mixed-Race

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Disability

Illness/Wellness

Incarcerated Individuals

LGBTQ

Naturalists/Environmentalists

Schools

Seniors

Teachers

Women