Joanne Durham

Poet

Wilmington, NC
North Carolina US
Email: 
joanne@joannedurham.com
Website: 
www.joannedurham.com/
Twitter/X: 
@https://twitter.com/DurhamJoanne

Author's Bio

Joanne Durham is the author of To Drink from a Wider Bowl, winner of the 2021 Sinclair Poetry Prize (Evening Street Press, 2022) and the chapbook, On Shifting Shoals, (Kelsay Books 2023). Her poetry appears in Poetry South, Poetry East, Calyx, Vox Populi, NC Literary Review, Whale Road Review, Banyan Review, Sky Island Journal, Chautauqua, Quartet, Still Points Arts Quarterly, Juniper, Gyroscope, Verse Virtual, Yellow Arrow, and numerous other journals and anthologies. She is an Associate Editor at Evening Street Press. A retired educator, she lives on the North Carolina coast, with the ocean as her backyard and muse. 

Publications & Prizes

Book:
To Drink from a Wider Bowl (Evening Street Press, 2022)
Chapbook:
On Shifting Shoals (Kelsay Books, 2023)
Prizes won: 

Sinclair Poetry Prize (2021), Third Wednesday Magazine Annual Poetry Contest (2023), Mary Ruffin Poole Prize (2023), Finalist, Naugatuck River Review Narrative Poetry Contest (2023), Finalist, Lit/South Poetry Contest (2023), Finalist, Mary Blinn Poetry Contest (2023), Eric Hoffer Nominee (2022), Semi-Finalist, James Applewhite Contest (2022), Lena Shull Book Contest Honorable Mention (2021), Ruminate Broadside Prize Finalist (2021), NC Poetry Society Poet Laureate Award Finalist (2021), NC State Poetry Contest Finalist (2021), Prime Magazine Summer Challenge winner (2021), Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators Work-in-Progress Award, Picture Books (2018)

 

 

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Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, Any, Children, Schools, Seniors, Teachers, Women
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Last update: Jul 06, 2024