Bonnie Proudfoot

Poet, Fiction Writer

Athens, OH
Ohio US
Email: 
proudfoot.b@gmail.com
Website: 
bonnieproudfootblog.wordpress.co…
Twitter/X: 
@b_proudfoot

Author's Bio

Bonnie Proudfoot is a poet, fiction writer, essayist, and reviewer living in Athens, Ohio. Her novel, Goshen Road (Swallow Press, 2020) was longlisted for the 2021 PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. Her chapbook of poems, Household Gods, (Sheila-Na-Gig Editions) was published in September of 2022.

Education: 
Hollins University MFA
West Virginia University MFA

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Book:
Goshen Road (Ohio University Press / Swallow Press, 2020)
Journals:
Gettysburg Review
,
Quarter After Eight

Poetry

Anthology:
I Thought I Heard a Cardinal Sing (Sheila-Na-Gig Editions, 2022)
Chapbook:
Household Gods (Sheila-Na-Gig Editions, 2022)
Journals:
Change Seven
,
Gyroscope Review
,
Kestrel
,
Laurel Review
,
New Ohio Review
,
New Verse News
,
One Art
,
Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel
,
Rattle
,
Sheila-Na-Gig
,
South Florida Poetry Journal
,
Twelve Mile Review
Prizes won: 
  • First Prize, Flash Prose Competition, Midway Review, for essay "Three Ways to Look at a Harmonica"
  • Book of the Year, 2022 WCONA, Goshen Road
  • Longlist 2021 PEN/Hemingway, Goshen Road
  • Great Group Reads 2020 WNBA, Goshen Road
  • First Prize Ides of March Contest, Ohio Poetry Association, poem "Back from Aqueduct"
  • Honorable Mention, Spring Poetry Contest, Sheila-Na-Gig, 2 poems
  • First Place, Sand Hills Journal, Fiction, "Old Spirits"
  • First Place, Columbus Dispatch, Novelini Competition, "The Science of the Barrel"
  • Fellowship for the Arts, West Virginia Department of Culture and History

 

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
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Last update: Dec 28, 2023