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June Sylvester Saraceno [1]

Listed as: 
Poet, Fiction Writer
Public address: 
Truckee, CA
California US
Email: 
jsylvestersaraceno@gmail.com
Bio: 

June Sylvester Saraceno is the author of the novel Feral, North Carolina, 1965, listed in Buzzfeed as one of “18 Must-Read Books from Indie Presses.” In addition to fiction, she writes poetry and has three collections in print: The Girl from Yesterday, of Dirt and Tar, and Altars of Ordinary Light. Her work has appeared in The Rumpus, Southwestern American Literature, Big Muddy, Adirondack Review, and other journals. She is director of the low residency MFA program in creative writing at the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe, and runs the literary speaker series Writers in the Woods. More information at www.junesaraceno.com [2]

 

 

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Favorite authors: 
Patricia Smith, Sharon Olds, Pablo Neruda, Brian Turner, Luis Alberto Urrea, Lidia Yuknavitch, Peter Makuck, Seamus Heaney, Eavan Boland, Gayle Brandeis, Nick Flynn... too many to list.
Twitter/X: 
JuneJuniverse
Born in: 
Elizabeth City, NC
North Carolina
Raised in: 
Elizabeth City, NC
North Carolina
Website: 
https://www.junesaraceno.com [3]
Prizes won: 
  • Southern Fried Karma novel contest, runner-up, awarded publication (2018)
  • First place: Moonshine Ink Creative Brew (2016)
  • Moon City Press Fiction Award Finalist (2015)
  • Twice nominated for Pushcart Prize (2014)
  • Sierra Artist Grant ($1,000.00) for excellence in Literary Arts (2013)
  • Awarded the Nazir and Mary Ansari Gold Medal for Distinguished Teaching (2014)
  • Recipient of two month-long artist residencies at Camac Centre d’Art, France, (2013 and 2014).
  • Outstanding Teacher of the Humanities Award, Nevada Humanities Council, (2013).
  • First Place Poetry Prize in Winter Annual Literary Contest, Moonshine Ink, (2013).
Education: 
Bowling Green State University
What I'm reading now: 
New Collected Poems by Eavan Boland
Writers Retreats: 
Community of Writers
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/june_sylvester_saraceno [2] http://www.junesaraceno.com [3] https://www.junesaraceno.com