Kelli Lage

Poet

Website: 
www.KelliLage.com
Twitter/X: 
@KelliLage

Author's Bio

Kelli Lage (KEH-lee LAYJ) is an assistant poetry editor for Bracken Magazine, student liasion for the Iowa Poetry Association, and a Best of the Net and Pushcart nominated poet. Her debut full-length poetry collection, Early Cuts, was released in late spring 2023 with Kelsay Books. Her poetry chapbook, I’m Glad We Did This, was released fall 2023 with Prolific Pulse Press. Her second chapbook, Bandaged, is forthcoming with Querencia Press. In 2023, Lage studied poetry under Hai-Dang Phan during a summer session at the Iowa Writers' Workhop. Lage runs the book blog, Body of the Book.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Early Cuts (Kelsay Books, 2023)
,
I'm Glad We Did This (Prolific Pulse Press, 2023)
Journals:
Across the Margin
,
Akitsu Quarterly
,
Asylum
,
Ayaskala
,
Boats Against the Current
,
Common Ground Review
,
Crêpe & Penn
,
Daily Drunk
,
Ekstasis Magazine
,
Emerge Literary Journal
,
Fathom
,
Flora Fiction
,
Freshwater
,
Haiku Spirit
,
Haikuniverse
,
Hallowzine
,
Ink Sweat & Tears
,
Inklings
,
Jenny
,
Last Leaves Magazine
,
Ligeia Magazine
,
Lyrical Iowa
,
Maudlin House
,
Miniskirt Magazine
,
New English Review
,
Nightingale & Sparrow
,
Penumbra
,
Poetry Pea
,
Poetry Super Highway
,
Porcupine Literary Arts Magazine
,
Quail Bell
,
Raven Review
,
Roi Fainéant Press
,
Scrawl Place
,
Second Chance Lit
,
Sledgehammer Lit
,
Spoon River Poetry Review
,
Stanchion
,
Stone Circle Review
,
The Prose Poem
,
The Storms
,
Thimble Literary Magazine
,
Three Line Poetry
,
Trouvaille Review
,
Unstamatic
,
Vita Brevis
,
Wales Haiku Journal
,
Watershed Review
,
Welter
,
Wine Cellar Press
Prizes won: 

Third place prize for "In Case I Ever End Up on a True Crime Podcast" in Common Ground Review's Annual Poetry Contest (2023).

Prize for Best Writing, Issue 1, The Abbey Review for "Teeth Made of Clay" (2022).

Special Award for First-time Entrant from Lyrical Iowa of the Iowa Poetry Association for, "The Farmer" (2020).

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Poets: Mary Oliver, Emily Paige Wilson, Hai-Dang Phan, Laura Gilpin, Patricia Smith, Sofía Aguilar, Richard Siken, Maya C. Popa, Joy Harjo, Kim Addonizio, Clara Bush Vadala, Ada Limón, Victoria Chang, and Megan Fernandes. Poets Lage has studied with and greatly enjoys/admires: Orshi Balog, Courtney Daniels, Emma Daley, Elizabeth Dick, Greg Gourley, Margalit Katz, Emma Lally, Lia Middlebrook, Hannah Sexton, Nina Stein, and Jess Zimmerman. Novelists: Blake Crouch, Jason Reynolds, Erin Morgenstern, Elena Ferrante, Gillian McAllister, Ashley Hutson, and Mona Awad.
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Last update: Apr 02, 2025