Michael Jennings

Poet

Marietta, NY
New York US
Email: 
michaeljennings646@roadrunner.com
Website: 
michaeljenningspoetry.com

Author's Bio

 

Born in the French Quarter of New Orleans and growing up in east Texas and the deserts of southwestern Iran before graduating from the University of Pennsylvania as an undergraduate and Syracuse University as a Graduate Fellow, Michael Jennings is the author of 12 collections of poetry, most recently Where She Dances (2020), Summoning the Outlaws (2018), Crossings: A Record of Travel, winner of the 2016 Central New York Book Award for Poetry, and River Time, winner of 2014 Wells College Chapbook Contest. He is also the 2017 winner of the Miller Audio Award for Poetry offered by The Missouri Review (judged by Vijay Seshadri).

 

 

Education: 
Syracuse University MFA

Publications & Prizes

Book:
Silky Thefts (Orchises Press, 2007)
Journals:
Chattahoochee Review
,
Comstock Review
,
Georgia Review
,
Sewanee Review
,
Southern Humanities Review
,
Southern Review
,
Stone Canoe
Prizes won: 

5-time Pushcart Prize nominee

First prize for poetry, 10th Annual Miller Audio Contest, The Missouri Review, 2017, judged by Vijay Sheshadri

The 2016 Central New York Best Book Award for Poetry, awarded by the Syracuse YMCA  Downtown Writers  Association and sponsored by the Gifford Foundation

Winner Wells College Chapbook Contest, 2014

Best Reader Award, Lithuanian Spring Poetry Festival, 2006

Runner-Up in the Milton Dorfman Poetry Prize Contest, Rome Arts Center, NY, 2002

Honorable Mention, The Comstock Review Poetry Contest, 2001

New York State Creative Artist Public Service Program (CAPS) Grant for Poetry, 1979

The Loring Williams Academy of American Poets Award, Syracuse University, 1972

Full Fellowship in Creative Writing, Syracuse University, 1971

First Prize in The Society of Alumni Poetry Contest, University of Pennsylvania, judged by Richmond Lattimore, 1970

 

 

 

 

 

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Born in: 
New Orleans
Raised in: 
this is way too limited, I was raised in various places in Iran and many more places in the US.
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Last update: Apr 10, 2020