Abby Lewis

Poet

Johnson City, TN
Tennessee US

Author's Bio

Abby N. Lewis is a poet from Dandridge, Tennessee. She is the author of the full-length poetry collection Reticent (2016) and the chapbooks This Fluid Journey (2018) and Palm Up, Fingers Curled (2023). She earned her associate’s degree from Walters State Community College, where she received the Faculty Award in creative writing, and her BA from East Tennessee State University. She went on to earn a master’s in English and a master’s in Communication & Storytelling Studies from ETSU, as well as a TESOL certificate. She has won awards for fiction and poetry from the Tennessee Mosaic Regional Literary Anthology. Her work has been published in over a dozen journals and magazines, including TimberRed Eft ReviewThe MockingbirdBlack Moon Magazine, and Sweet Tree Review, among others. She works as a freelancer and educator. She is also a book reviewer for Chapter 16.

Publications & Prizes

Book:
Reticent (Grateful Steps Publishing, 2016)
Chapbooks:
Palm Up, Fingers Curled (Plan B Press, 2023)
,
This Fluid Journey (Finishing Line Press, 2018)
Prizes won: 

The Mockingbird (2020), first place in drama for “Someone’s in the Attic”

The Tennessee Magazine’s (2017) May Poet’s Playground Age 19-22 contest, third place for the poem “Our Late Grandmother’s House”

Tennessee Mosaic Regional Literary Anthology (2017), third place in poetry for “The Roller Coaster of Life”

Tennessee Mosaic Regional Literary Anthology (2017), first place in one-act play for “Derailed”

Walters State Community College (2015), received the Outstanding Student Award in Creative Writing, awarded annually to one student out of the combined Walters State campuses

Tennessee Mosaic Regional Literary Anthology (2015), second place in short fiction for “Swan’s Lake”

Tennessee Mosaic Regional Literary Anthology (2015), third place in poetry for “What do you do for a living?”

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Cornelia Funke; T. Kingfisher; Stephen Graham Jones; Kiersten White; Coco Mellors; Sylvia Plath

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
No
Identifies as: 
American, Appalachian, Feminist, LGBTQ
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, Disability, Homelessness, Illness/Wellness, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Teachers, Women
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Newport, TN
Tennessee
Raised in: 
Dandridge, TN
Tennessee
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Last update: May 28, 2024