Edison Jennings

Poet

Abingdon, VA
Virginia US

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
Don't Leave Hungry, 50 years of Southern Poetry Review (University of Arkansas Press, 2009)
Book:
Intentional Fallacies (Broadstone Books, 2021)
Chapbooks:
A Letter to Greta (Plan B Press, 2017)
,
Reckoning (Jacar Press, 2013)
Journals:
Boulevard
,
Kenyon Review
,
Poetry Daily
, ,
Slate
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Prizes won: 

Virginia Commision for the Arts Fellowship, 2022

16th Annual Lonsome Pine Poetry Contest, 2021 

Sequestrom Edirors Reprint Award, Poetry, 2017

Virginia Quarterly Review Conference Poetry Award, 2016 

Nazim Hikmet Poetry Contest, 2015

Jacar Press Poetry Chapbook Competition, runner up & published, 2013

AWP Intro Award, Honorable Mention, 1999

 

 

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Coco Solo
Panama
Raised in: 
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Last update: Dec 21, 2021