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Poet

Port Townsend, WA

Washington US

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Author's Bio

Matthew Nienow lives in Port Townsend, Washington with his wife and sons, where he works as a mental health counselor. His new book, If Nothing, will be published by Alice James in January 2025.

Nienow holds an MFA in Poetry from the University of Washington, an AOS in Traditional Smallcraft from the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding, and a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling from Prescott College.

Writers Retreats:

Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry (Mountaineers Books, 2023)

A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poems (University of Akron Press, 2012)

Best New Poets 2012 (University of Virginia Press, 2012)

The Best of Toadlily Press (Toadlily Press, 2011)

Best New Poets 2007 (Samovar Press, 2007)

Books:

If Nothing (Alice James Books, 2025)

House of Water (Alice James Books, 2016)

Chapbooks:

The End of the Folded Map (Codhill Press, 2011)

The Smallest Working Pieces (Toadlily Press, 2009)

Two Sides of the Same Thing (Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2007)

Journals:

32 Poems

AGNI Online

Alaska Quarterly Review

Beloit Poetry Journal

North American Review

Poetry Daily

Southern Humanities Review

Verse Daily

Prizes won:

Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship (2013), Artist Trust Fellowship (2012); Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (2011); Grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation (2011); Individual Artist Award from 4Culture (2009; 2010); Loren D. Milliman Fellowship (2009-10); Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize (2009 winner; 2010 honorable mention; 2011 honorable mention); Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Scholarship (2010; 2011; 2012)

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English, Spanish

Born in:

Los Angeles, CA

California

Raised in:

Seattle, WA

Washington

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Last update: Dec 09, 2024