Asa Drake

Poet

Ocala, FL
Florida US
Email: 
asaldrake@gmail.com
Website: 
asaldrake.com
Twitter/X: 
@asaldrake

Author's Bio

Asa Drake is a Filipina/white poet in Central Florida. She is the author of Beauty Talk, winner of the 2024 Noemi Press Book Award, forthcoming from Noemi Press in Spring 2026. Her chapbook, One Way to Listen (Gold Line Press), is the winner of a 2023 Florida Book Award. A National Poetry Series finalist, she is the recipient of fellowships and awards from the 92Y Discovery Poetry Contest, Sundress Publications, Tin House and Idyllwild Arts. Her poems can be found on The Slowdown Podcast, The American Poetry Review, and Poetry Daily

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
Bets of Tupelo Quarterly (Tupelo Press, 2023)
Book:
Beauty Talk (Noemi Press, 2026)
Chapbook:
One Way to Listen (Gold Line Press, 2023)
Journals:
American Poetry Review
,
Copper Nickel
,
Georgia Review
,
Poetry Northwest
Prizes won: 

2024 Noemi Press Book Award,

2023 Florida Book Awards Gold Medal Winner (poetry chapbook category),

2021 Gold Line Press Chapbook Contest Winner,

2020 92Y Discovery Poetry Contest Winner

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Filipino American
Born in: 
Kingstree, SC
South Carolina
Raised in: 
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Last update: Sep 25, 2024