Christy Sheffield Sanford

Poet, Fiction Writer

St Augustine, FL
Florida US

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Coffeehouse: Writings From the Web (Manning, 1997)
,
American Poets Say Goodbye to the 20th Century (4 Walls 8 Windows, 1996)
Books:
Sur Les Pointes (White Eagle Coffee Store Press, 1995)
,
The H's: The Spasms of a Requiem (Bloody Twin Press, 1994)
,
Only the Nude Can Redeem the Landscape (Apalachee Press, 1989) (Apalachee Press, 1989)
Prizes won: 

Arts & Letters Unclassifiable Contest, 2024.

STATE OF FLORIDA FELLOWSHIP (Interdisciplinary Category), Recognition for Work Associated with the Spoken Opera, The H's: the Spasms of a Requiem (Writer, Producer, Co-Director, Video Collaborator), 1994-95.

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS FELLOWSHIP, Literature Creative Writing, Poetry, Washington, DC, 1992.

HARN MUSEUM OF ART (University of Florida), Performance Funding for The H's: the Spasms of a Requiem, 1992.

NEW FORMS FLORIDA (Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, Metro-Dade Cultural Affairs Council and Florida Department of State), Creation Phase Funding of The H's: the Spasms of a Requiem, 1991-92.

CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER, New Orleans, LA (Supported by The National Endowment for the Arts and The Rockefeller Foundation), Interdisciplinary Artists Grant, Performance of Sur les Pointes: The Ballerina and the Sea Anemone, 1989-90.

STATE OF FLORIDA FELLOWSHIP (Literature, One Award with Recognition in Two Categories, Fiction and Poetry), 1987-88.

ALDEN B. DOW CREATIVITY FELLOWSHIP, Funding and Residency for Creation of a Web-Essay, “The Roots of Nonlinearity: Toward a Theory of Web-Specific Art-  Writing.”  Creativity Center, Northwood University, Midland, MI, 1999.

CITY OF GAINESVILLE OUTSIDE AGENCY GRANT FOR PERFORMANCE ART, Performance funding for Sur les Pointes: The Ballerina and the Sea Anemone (Sponsor: The Gainesville Writers' Workshop, Inc.), 1988-89.

CITY OF GAINESVILLE OUTSIDE AGENCY GRANT FOR PERFORMANCE POETRY, Performance Funding for "Longing for Progress: Making Love through the Ages," (Sponsor: Gainesville Writers' Workshop, Inc.), 1987-88

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