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Maryfrances Wagner [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Independence, MO
Missouri US
Email: 
maryfrances.wagner@gmail.com
Bio: 

Maryfrances Wagner has taught creative and academic writing, taught workshops at all levels, served as President of The Writers Place and Secretary for KC Creates.  She is currently on the board of directors for The Writers Place and chairs TWP Programming Committee. She is co-editor of I-70 Review and co-edited Whirlybird Anthology of Greater Kansas City Writers among others. She has published ten collections to include Salvatore's Daughter, Red Silk (Thorpe Menn Book Award winner for literary excellence), Light Subtracts Itself (A KC Star Notable book of the year), Dioramas, The Silence of Red Glass, The Immigrants' New Camera, and Solving for X. She has edited or co-edited several anthologies and also served as co-editor of New Letters Review of Books. She is the 6th Missouri Poet Laureate 2021-2023.   

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Born in: 
Kansas City
Raised in: 
Kansas City, MO
Missouri
Prizes won: 

Thorpe Menn Book Award for Literary Excellence for Red Silk; Stanley Hanks contest for poetry.  Missouri Individual Artist of 2020.  Missouri Poet Laureate 2021-2023. 2nd Place for the Eric Hoffer Legacy Award and Runner Up for the Eric Hoffer Poetry Award, 2024. 

Identifies as: 
Italian American
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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