Judy Lorenzen

Poet

Central City, NE
Nebraska US
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Author's Bio

Judy Lorenzen is a poet, writer, and teaching artist. Her education includes a Doctorate of English, Composition and Rhetoric, December 2016, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Dissertation: Teaching Place: Heritage, Home and Community, the Heart of Education; Master of Art in Creative Writing, May 2008, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Thesis: Let Autumn Come; Doctorate of Theology, May 2000, Andersonville Online Seminary; Master of Science in Community Counseling, May 1998, University of Nebraska at Kearney; and a Bachelor of Arts in English, Emphasis in Writing, Philosophy Minor, May 1995, University of Nebraska at Kearney. She is widely published in literary magazines, journals, anthologies, calendars, newspapers, and on websites.

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
The Untidy Season: An Anthology of Nebraska Women Poets (Backwaters Press, 2013)
Book:
Turning Back to Her Love Pages (Kelsay Books, 2025)
Journals:
Blue Heron Review
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Penwood Review
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Plains Song Review
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Poems for Ephesians
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Silver Birch Press
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Sparks of Calliope
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Verse-Virtual
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Westward Quarterly
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Your Daily Poem
Prizes won: 

2023 Runner-up Pushcart Nominee, Quill and Parchment, "The First Snow"
2009 Nebraska Shakespeare Sonnet Writing Contest, 1st place, "Seasoned"
2008 Nebraska Shakespeare Sonnet Writing Contest, 3rd place
 

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English, Spanish
Born in: 
Lincoln, NE
Nebraska
Raised in: 
NE
Nebraska
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Last update: Sep 09, 2024