Melissa C. Johnson

Poet

State College, PA
Pennsylvania US
Email: 
melissacjohnson142@gmail.com
Website: 
melissacjohnson.com
Twitter/X: 
@johnsonmelissa

Author's Bio

Melissa C. Johnson is the author of two poetry chapbooks, “Looking Twice at the World,” and “Cancer Voodoo.”  Her work has been published in Borderlands, Waccamaw, Kakalak, The Connecticut Review, Farmer's Market, The Potomac Review, The Cortland Review, NELLE, Green Briar Review, and other journals. She serves as Associate Vice Provost and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education at The Pennsylvania State University and lives in Boalsburg, PA with her husband Joseph and their three beloved cats.

Education: 
University of South Carolina, Columbia MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
Kakalak: An Anthology of Carolina Poets (Main Street Rag, 2006)
Chapbooks:
Cancer Voodoo (Diode Editions, 2022)
,
Looking Twice at the World (South Carolina Poetry Initiative, 2008)
Journals:
Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review
,
Yemassee
,
Connecticut Review
,
Cortland Review
,
Fall Lines
,
Feels Blind Literary
,
Green Briar Review
,
Nelle
,
Northern Virginia Review
,
Potomac Review
,
Waccamaw
,
West Wind Review
Prizes won: 

Laureates’ Choice award, Marie W. Faust Sonnet Contest, 2022.

Finalist, Diode Editions Chapbook Contest, 2018.

Honorable Mention, 13th Annual Dogfish Head Poetry Prize, 2015.

Semifinalist, 2012 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award competition, 2012. 

1st Place, Marco Polo Travel Poem Award and 1st Honorable Mention Emma Gray Trigg Memorial, The Poetry Society of Virginia: Adult Poetry Contest, 2011. 

First Finalist, South Carolina Poetry Initiative Book Prize, 2010. 

Winner, SC Poetry Initiative Chapbook Contest, 2007

Finalist for Longleaf Press Chapbook Contest, 2007

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Lancaster, SC
South Carolina
Raised in: 
Lancaster, SC
South Carolina
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Last update: Oct 25, 2024