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Dianna MacKinnon-Henning [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Janesville, CA
California US
Email: 
gammonmackinnon@diannahenning.com
Bio: 

Henning taught through California Poets in the Schools, received several CAC grants and taught poetry workshops through the William James Association’s Prison Arts Program, including Folsom Prison. Henning’s third poetry book Cathedral of the Hand published 2016 by Finishing Line Press and her fourth book, Camaraderie of the Marvelous published by Kelsay Books 2021. Publications, in part: The Orchards Poetry Journal, 2022; Suisun Valley Review, 2022; Worth More Standing, Poets and Activists Pay Homage to Trees, 2022; Voices, 2022; Atremis, 2022; The Plague Papers, edited by Robbi Nester; Pacific Poetry; New American Writing; The Kerf; The Moth, Ireland; Mojave River Review; the New Verse News; Sequestrum; Your Daily Poem and Naugatuck River Review. Four-time Pushcart nominee. MFA in Writing ’89 from Vermont College, Montpelier. She has new work forthcoming in Artemis Journal, The Adirondack Review, and Memoir Magazine. Dianna has been working with Lassen County students for Poetry Out Loud and she also is the facilitator for The Thompson Peak Writers' Workshop.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Born in: 
St. Johnsbury, VT
Vermont
Raised in: 
Newport, CA
California
Website: 
https://www.diannahenning.com [2]
Prizes won: 

Shortlisted by Aesthetica Magazine, UK, 2013

2006 Iowa Source Poetry Competition

Past winner of Eastern Washington University’s Fellowship to the Dublin Writers’ Centre. 1994

Four-time Pushcart Nominee, the latest by The Kerf, 2019

Sacramento State University, Dominic J. Bazzanella Award

Education: 
Vermont College of Fine Arts–Writing
Identifies as: 
Irish American
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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