Gerardo Mena

Poet

Columbia, MO
Missouri US
Email: 
gerardomena82@live.com
Website: 
www.gerardomena.com

Author's Bio

Gerardo Mena is a decorated Iraqi Freedom veteran. He spent six years in Special Operations with the Reconnaissance Marines and was awarded a Navy Achievement Medal with a V for Valor for multiple acts of heroism while under enemy fire.

He is also a singer/songwriter and enjoys composing music and creating videos to accompany his poems.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
proud to be (Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2014)
,
Love Poem Anthology (Jacar Press, 2012)
,
Best New Poets 2011 (Meridian, 2011)
,
The Medulla Review Volume 2 (Medulla Publishing, 2011)
Book:
The Shape of Our Faces No Longer Matters (Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2014)
Journals:
Baltimore Review
,
Barely South Review
,
Burner
,
Cider Press Review
,
Cream City Review
,
Diagram
,
Four Way Review
,
Gemini Magazine
,
Hawai'i Review
,
Louisiana Review
,
Nashville Review
,
New Mexico Poetry Review
,
Ninth Letter
,
O Sweet Flowery Roses
,
Penumbra
,
Ploughshares
,
protestpoems.org
,
Raleigh Review
,
San Pedro River Review
,
Sleet Magazine
,
Spillway Magazine
,
The Medulla Review
,
The New York Times
,
War, Literature & the Arts
,
Winning Writers
Prizes won: 

2010 War Poetry Contest sponsored by Winningwriters

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Hispanic
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Newport Beach
Raised in: 
Kansas City, MO
Missouri
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Last update: Jun 19, 2014