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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Grand Rapids, MI

Michigan US

Email:

mfapwgrr9@aol.com

Bio:

Linda Nemec Foster is the author of fourteen collections of poetry including The Lake Huron Mermaid (Wayne State University Press), Amber Necklace from Gdansk (LSU Press), Talking Diamonds (New Issues Press), The Lake Michigan Mermaid (Wayne State University Press) which was a 2019 Michigan Notable Book, and The Blue Divide (New Issues Press). Bone Country (Cornerstone Press) is her first full-length collection of prose poems and was selected a Distinguished Favorite in the NYC Big Book Awards for Poetry in 2024. Her work has been published in numerous magazines and journals such as The Georgia Review, Nimrod, Quarterly West, Witness, New American Writing, North American Review, Paterson Literary Review, Vox Populi, and Presence. Foster’s poems have also appeared in anthologies from the U.S. and UK, been translated in Europe, inspired original music compositions, and have been produced for the stage. She has received nominations for the Pushcart Prize and has been honored by the Arts Foundation of Michigan, ArtServe Michigan, the National Writer’s Voice, the Academy of American Poets, Best Small Fictions Anthology, Best Spiritual Literature, and the Fish Anthology (Ireland). From 2003-05, she served as the first Poet Laureate of Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 2015, she was honored by the Dyer-Ives Foundation for her poetry and advocacy of the literary arts in Michigan. In the fall of 2019, she was a guest lecturer in contemporary American poetry at the University of Bielsko-Biala in Poland. Foster is the founder of the Contemporary Writers Series at Aquinas College.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Born in:

Cleveland

Raised in:

Cleveland

Website:

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

Prizes won:

Distinguished Favorite, NYC Big Book Awards for Poetry (2024); Nominee, Best of the Net (2024); Nominee, Touchstone Award (2024); Top Ten Winner, Fish Anthology's Poetry Competition (2024); First Prize, Allen Ginsberg Poetry Contest, Paterson Literary Review (2023); Award Selection, Best Spiritual Literature (2023); Top Ten Winner, Fish Anthology's Flash Fiction Competition (2023); Juried Selection, Filmetry--Festival of Poetry and Film (2022); Finalist, Off the Grid Poetry Prize (2022); Semi-Finalist, Tomaz Salamun Prize (2022); Award Selection, Best Small Fictions (2022); Second Prize, Fish Anthology's Flash Fiction Competition (2022); Honorable Mention, Allen Ginsberg Poetry Contest, Paterson Literary Review (2022, 2020); Finalist, Deanna Tulley Media Contest (2021); Finalist, River Styx Microfiction Contest (2020); Michigan Notable Book Award (2019); Honorable Mention, Flash Fiction Award, New Millennium Writings (2019), Winner, Editor’s Choice Award, Allen Ginsberg Poetry Contest, Paterson Literary Review (2019, 2018); Finalist, New Millennium Writings Poetry Prize (2016); Lifetime Achievement Award in Poetry, Dyer-Ives Foundation (2015); Pushcart Prize Nominations (1982-2018); First runner-up, New Letters Poetry Award (2013); Runner-up, I-70 Review's Gary Gildner Poetry Award (2013); Honorable Mention, New Millennium Writings Poetry Prize (2013); Finalist, ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award (2010); Finalist, New Letters Poetry Award (2010); Creative Arts Award, Polish American Historical Association (2008); Finalist, Michigan Governor's Arts Award (2007); Selected to be first Poet Laureate of Grand Rapids, Michigan (2003-2005); Finalist, Ohio Book Award for Poetry (2003); Nominee, Laughlin Award (2002); Creative Artist Grant, ArtServe Michigan (2001); Fellowship, National Writers' Voice (1999); Finalist, Poet's Prize (1997); Creative Artist Grant, Arts Foundation of Michigan (1996); Creative Artist Grants for Poetry, Michigan Council for the Arts (1984, 1990).

Identifies as:

Polish American

Prefers to work with:

Any