Kathryn Jordan

Poet

Berkeley, CA
California US
Email: 
kathejordan@yahoo.com
Website: 
kathrynjordan.org/

Author's Bio

A musician and writer from Berkeley, CA, Kathryn studied for her MA with Robert Hass at UC Berkeley.  She is the winner of the San Miguel de Allende Writers Conference Prize for Poetry and the Sidney Lanier Poetry Award.  Her poems appear in The New Ohio Review, The Comstock Review, Wraparound South, and Panoply, among others.  Some of her poems are forthcoming in The Sun Magazine and Crosswinds.   Her book, "Riding Waves," was published by Finishing Line Press in 2018.  She's a finalist for 2020 Tucson Festival of Books Literary Prize and her manuscript is a finalist for The Comstock Review's Jessie Bryce Niles Chapbook Contest. Kathryn loves to hike the East Bay hills, translating bird song to poems whenever possible. 

Publications & Prizes

Chapbook:
Riding Waves (Finishing Line Press, 2018)
Journals:
Comstock Review
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New Ohio Review
Prizes won: 

San Miguel de Allende Writers' Conference Poetry Prize, First Place

Sidney Lanier Poetry Award, Third Place

Steve Kowit Poetry Contest, 3x, Honorable Mention

Connecticut Poetry Prize, Third Place and Honorable Mention

Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Award (Comstock Review)  2x Special Merit

Birdy Prize, Finalist

Patricia Dobler Poetry Award, Finalist and Honorable Mention

Cantor Prize, Outstanding Finalist

Crossroads Writers Contest, Second Place

Elizabeth Mills Crothers Prize for Short Story, Third Place

Finishing Line Press New Women's Voices Prize, Honorable Mention

Tucson Festival of Books Literary Prize, Finalist

New Ohio Review Poetry Prize, Finalist

Jesse Bryce Niles Chapbook Contest (Comstock Review), Finalist

 

 

 

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Ellen Bass, Marie Howe, Jane Hirschfield, Alison Luterman, Wendell Berry, David Whyte, Jennifer Clement, Elena Ferrante
What I'm reading now: 
Gun Love by Jennifer Clement, Lorenzo in Taos by Mabel Dodge Luhan

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English, Spanish
Born in: 
Pensacola, FL
Florida
Raised in: 
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Last update: Mar 04, 2025