Anne Marie Wells

Poet

Author's Bio

Anne Marie Wells (she |they) is an award-winning Queer poet, playwright, and storyteller navigating the world with a chronic illness. She the author of Survived By: A Memoir in Verse + Other Poems (Curious Corvid Publishing, 2023) and Happy Iceland, winner of the inaurual Wanderlust Travel Book Award (Wild Dog Press, pending). She is the lead faculty member of the Community Literature Initiative DC Chapter and Strategic Partnership Fellow for The Poetry Lab. She lives in the outskirts of Washington, D.C.

Writers Retreats: 
Jackson Hole Writers Conference

Publications & Prizes

Journals:
Angel City Review
,
Dash Literary Journal
,
In Parentheses
,
Lucky Jefferson
,
MacGuffin
,
Meniscus
,
Muddy River Poetry Review
,
Ninth Letter
,
Passengers Journal
,
Platform Review
,
Santa Fe Writers Project
,
Sixfold
,
Skylight 47
,
Soliloquies
,
Steam Ticket
,
Unlimited Literature
,
Variant Literature
,
Wild Roof Journal
Prizes won: 
  • 2023 Jackson Hole Poetry Box Contest Winner | Jackson Hole Poetry Box
  • 2022 Wanderlust Travel Book Contest Winner | Wild Dog Press
  • 2022 Emma Howell Rising Poet Prize Finalist | Willow Springs Books
  • 2021 Wyoming Woman of Influence (Arts) Nominee | Wyoming Business Report
  • 2021 Peter K. Hixson Memorial Award | Writer's Relief 
  • 2021 Crow House Press Poetry Contest Winner | Crow House Press
  • 2020 Milestone Award | Wyoming Writers
  • 2018 Marius P. Hanford IV Award | Riot Act

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American, Feminist, LGBTQ, White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English, French
Born in: 
Utica, NY
New York
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Last update: Apr 24, 2023