Nicole Jean Turner

Poet

Worcester, MA
Massachusetts US

Author's Bio

Nicole Jean (Nic) Turner is a writer from New England with an affinity for vignettes, napping outdoors, and conversations that confront the human condition. She writes in cursive to hide the butchered spelling that would otherwise raise suspicion about her master’s degree in writing.

Turner first emerged from the spoken word poetry community of Syracuse, New York, in 2012. Since then, she has strung literary heartstrings from the Pacific Northwest to New England, connecting stages, pages, and workshop spaces with a devoted community of transgressive writers and artists.

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Publications & Prizes

Book:
With Only Which She Could Carry (UWA Publishing, 2020)
Journals:
Edify Fiction
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Splash
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The Voices Project
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Unstamatic
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Prizes won: 
  • Second Place, Fox Fest Poetry Slam, Nov. 2024

  • Second Place, ARTivism Initiative, May 2020

  • $500 Grand Prize for Poetry Manuscript - Underground Writers Association, Sept. 2019

  • Coffee Stout and Rain Water (chapbook) fully funded by readers and selected by GFM for $1000 award, Jan. 2017

  • Open Mic-er Of The Year - Dirty Gerund “RUCKUSY” Awards, Dec. 2016

  • Certificate of Honor in Poetry - Syracuse Poetry Awards, Apr. 2014

  • Denise Gasiorowski Award: Passion for Language and Writing - Newhouse, Apr. 2014

  • National Center for Women in Technology State Award, National Runner-Up, 2011

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Ada Limón, Patrick Lawler, J.J. Abrams, Alex Garland, E.A. Poe, Chuck Palahniuk, Billy Collins, Andrea Gibson

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
LGBTQ
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, LGBTQ
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Boston, MA
Massachusetts
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Last update: Dec 26, 2024