Ann Tweedy

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Vermillion, SD
South Dakota US
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Author's Bio

Ann Tweedy's first full length book, The Body's Alphabet, was published by Headmistress Press in 2016 and was awarded a Bisexual Book Award in Poetry. It was also a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award and a Golden Crown Literary Society Award. She also has published three chapbooks, the first of which, Beleaguered Oases, was re-issued by Seven Kitchens Press in Spring 2020. Her third, hybrid chapbook, A Registry of Survival, was published by Last Word Press in Olympia, WA in December 2020. The manuscript was previously a finalist for Gazing Grain Press's annual chapbook award. Her poetry has appeared in Clackamas Literary Review, Rattle, literary mama, and elsewhere. She has twice been nominated for both a Pushcart Prize and a Best of the Net Award. Ann holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Hamline University. Originally from Massachusetts, she has lived in many places on the West Coast and in the Midwest.  She recently moved to South Dakota from Washington State to join the faculty at University of South Dakota School of Law. She specializes in federal law relating to Native tribes. You can read more about her at www.anntweedy.com.

Writers Retreats: 

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Anthologies:
Queer Voices of Minnesota (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2019)
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Visible: A Femmethology Volume One (Homofactus Press, 2009)
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Visible: A Femmethology Volume Two (Homofactus Press, 2009)
Journal:
Legal Studies Forum

Poetry

Anthologies:
San Diego Poetry Annual 2023-2024 (Garden Oak Press, 2024)
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San Diego Poetry Annual 2020-21 (Garden Oak Press, 2021)
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Queer Voices: Poetry, Prose & Pride (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2019)
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Last Call: The Anthology of Beer, Wine & Spirits Poetry (World Enough Writers, 2018)
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BARED: Contemporary Art and Poetry on Bras and Breasts (Les Femmes Folles Books, 2017)
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Veils, Halos & Shackles: International Poetry on the Oppression and Empowerment of Women (Kasva Press, 2016)
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Lavender Review: Poems from the First Five Years (Headmistress Press, 2015)
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Animal Chapbook (Red Bird Chapbooks, 2014)
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San Diego Poetry Annual 2013-14 (William Harry Harding--Garden Oak Press, 2014)
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Lawyer Poets and That World We Call Law (Pleasure Boat Studio, 2013)
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San Diego Poetry Annual, 2012-13 (William Harry Harding--Garden Oak Press, 2013)
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Meditations on Divine Names - An Anthology (Moonrise Press, 2012)
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The San Diego Poetry Annual, 2010-11 (William Harry Harding--Garden Oak Press, 2012)
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Fire on her Tongue: An eBook Anthology of Contemporary Women's Poetry (Two Sylvias Press, 2011)
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San Diego Poetry Annual 2009-10 (William Harry Harding--Garden Oak Press, 2010)
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Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World (Bisexual Resource Center, 2009)
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2007 Queer Collection (Flash Fabulist Publishing, 2007)
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Weathered Pages: The Poetry Pole (Blue Begonia Press, 2005)
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Bisexuality and Transgenderism: Intersexions of the Others (Haworth Press, 2004)
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The Drag King Anthology (Haworth Press, 2003)
Book:
The Body's Alphabet (Headmistress Press, 2016)
Chapbooks:
Beleaguered Oases (Seven Kitchens Press, 2020)
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White Out (Green Fuse Poetic Arts Association, 2013)
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Beleaguered Oases (tcCreativePress, 2010)
Journals:
Altered Scale
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Anon
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Avocet
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Avocet: A Journal of Nature Poems
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Awakenings Review
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Clackamas Literary Review
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Festival Writer
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Golden Handcuffs Review
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Harrington Lesbian Fiction Quarterly
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knock
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Legal Studies Forum
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Madrona
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Pasque Petals
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Plexus
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Poetic Diversity
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QP: queer poetry
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San Fernando Poetry Journal
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San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly
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Sea Stories
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Sqajet
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Stringtown
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Swell
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The Lindenwood Review
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Untitled Country Review
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Vitamin ZZZ
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XCP:Streetnotes
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Prizes won: 

Nominee, Pushcart Prize, 2023, 2016 & 2007; Nominee, Best of the Net Award, 2023, 2020 & 2012; Finalist, Key West Literary Seminars' 2021 and 2018 Scotti Merrill Emerging Writer's Award; Second Place Winner, San Antonio Writers' Guild Poetry Contest, 2018; Winner, Bisexual Book Award in Poetry, 2017; Finalist, Lambda Literary Award, 2017; Finalist, Golden Crown Literary Award, 2017; Gold Winner, Human Relations Indie Book Award in Personal Challenge Poetry, 2017; Winner, Knock Magazine's 2007 Ecolit Poetry Contest.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Celtic American, LGBTQ, White
Prefers to work with: 
At Risk Youth, LGBTQ
Born in: 
MA
Massachusetts
Raised in: 
Mansfield, MA
Massachusetts
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Last update: Aug 14, 2024