Amanda Conover

Poet

Raleigh, NC and Peoria, IL

Email:

amandamconover@gmail.com

Website:

www.amandaconover.com

Twitter/X:

@amandamconover

Author's Bio

Amanda Conover is a queer poet based in Raleigh, NC and Peoria, IL who often engages with themes of existentialism, spirituality, and social issues. She is the poetry editor for Carolina Muse Literary & Arts Magazine and is a recent MFA alum who works in scholarly publishing. Her poetry has been published or is forthcoming in the lickety~split, Atlanta Review, Sad Girl Diaries, the Elevation Review, and elsewhere. Find her at amandaconover.com.

Education:

Arcadia University MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

the North Carolina Bards (Local Gems Press, 2023)

Let's begin again (Wingless Dreamer, 2022)

Global Warming (Poets' Choice Publishing, 2020)

Journals:

Atlanta Review

Bridge: The Bluffton University Literary Journal

Chaffin Journal

Clepsydra

Elevation Review

Instant Noodles

lickety~split

Miracle Monocle

Mobius: The Journal of Social Change

Moist Poetry Journal

Scapegoat Review

Prizes won:

Sad Girls Diaries 2nd Place Poetry Contest Winner (Winter 2024)

Watch

Reading "sugar" and "a bisexual perspective on love" at Pride Birdsong Open Mic (Blackbird Books and Coffee in Raleigh, NC)

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

Kinsale Drake, Ocean Vuong, Ada Limón, Dorthea Lasky, and Natalie Diaz, among others.

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

American, Feminist, LGBTQ

Born in:

Erie, PA

Pennsylvania

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Last update: Jul 31, 2024