Jay Sizemore

Poet

Portland, OR
Oregon US
Email: 
skinnybeard@gmail.com
Website: 
jaysizemore.com

Author's Bio

Jay Sizemore is a poet and author of 19 books of poetry and prose. His work has been nominated and a finalist for multiple contests and awards. Born and raised in rural Kentucky, in a town with one caution light and one convenience store, he learned to love reading and writing at an early age, because his imagination could take him anywhere.

This love has not waned in adulthood. You might say his love of language is almost as great as the love he has for his dog. Almost.

Now he lives and works in Portland, Oregon, where he lies awake and listens to it rain.

Publications & Prizes

Journals:
Big River Poetry Review
,
Cease, Cows
,
Emerge Literary Journal
,
Red River Review
,
Siren
,
Toad The Journal
,
Unlikely Stories
,
Wilderness House Literary Review
,
Words Dance
Prizes won: 

Finalist, 2006 Goldenrod Poetry Contest, Western Kentucky University 

Finalist, 2013 Blood Pudding Press Chapbook Nominated, Best of the Net 2013

Winner Day 13 of the 2014 Writers Digest PAD challenge

Finalist 2016 Nancy D. Hargrove poetry prize, hosted by Jabberwock Review

Winner: Summer Poem Contest, hosted by iPoetry on Medium, 2020

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Bob Hicok, Stephen King, Don DeLillo, Ray Bradbury, Chuck Palahniuk, Leo Tolstoy, Toni Morrison, Kim Addonizio, Charles Bukowski
What I'm reading now: 
Ordinary Genius by Kim Addonizio

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Louisville
Raised in: 
Clarkson, KY
Kentucky
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Last update: Apr 28, 2022