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Allie Rigby [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Tustin, CA
California US
Email: 
stories@allierigby.com
Bio: 

Allie Rigby has roots in the chaparral and deserts of California. She is the author of Moonscape for a Child (Bored Wolves, 2024), and the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to Romania. Her poetry appears in Living on Earth Radio, Equatorial Literary Magazine, Parentheses Journal, Manzano Mountain Review, and more.

Additional honors include a William Dickey Fellowship, contribution to Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, a Pushcart Prize nomination, and a Best of the Net nomination. She has a master’s degree in English: Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, and has taught creative writing for Ovidius University, Point Reyes Institute, The Loft Literary Center, and the US–Romanian Embassy. She’s currently an editor for The SEEfest Review.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Megan Fernandez, Ross Gay, Vievee Francis, Dubravka Ugresic, Gabrielle Bates, Chris La Tray, Susan Sontag, Victoria Chang, and Sherwin Bitsui.
Born in: 
Tustin, CA
California
Website: 
https://www.allierigby.com [2]
Prizes won: 

Fulbright Fellowship from Fulbright US–Romania, William Dickey Fellowship from San Francisco State University

Education: 
San Francisco State University
What I'm reading now: 
I Do Everything I'm Told by Megan Fernandez
Modern Poetry by Diane Suess
Writers Retreats: 
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
Orion in the Wilderness
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/allie_rigby [2] https://www.allierigby.com