Patricia Carragon

Fiction Writer, Poet, Spoken Word Artist

New York, NY
New York US
Email: 
pcarragon@gmail.com
Website: 
brownstonepoets.blogspot.com/

Author's Bio

Ms. Carragon is an avid writer of short stories, prose, and poetry. Her first book of poems is Journey to the Center of My Mind (Rogue Scholars Press, 2005), followed by Urban Haiku and More (Fierce Grace Press, 2010). Her latest books are Innocence (Finishing Line Press, 2017) and The Cupcake Chronicles (Poets Wear Prada, 2017). Her publication credits include Allbook Books; The Avocet, A Journal of Nature Poetry; Big City Lit; Bear Creek Haiku; Boog City; CLWN WR; Clockwise Cat; Danse Macabre; Drunk Monkeys; Home Planet News; Inertia; Lips; First Literary Review-East; Levure littéraire; Long Island Quarterly; Mad Hatters’ Review; Maintenant; The Mom Egg; Panoply; poeticdiversity; Sensations Magazine; Sensitive Skin; Tribe Magazine; The Toronto Quarterly; Word Salad; Yellow Chair Review; and others. She is a member of brevitas, a group fiercely dedicated to short poems, and is a member of Pen Women's Literary Workshop, Women Writers In Bloom Poetry Salon, and Tamarind. She is one of the Executive Editors for Home Planet News Online. She lives in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Anthologies:
From Somewhere to Nowhere (Autonomedia, 2017)
,
One Hundred Voices, Vol II (Centum Press, 2017)
Chapbook:
The Cupcake Chronicles (Poets Wear Prada, 2017)
Journals:
Danse Macabre
,
Troubador 21

Poetry

Anthologies:
Bright Hill Press 25th Anniversary Anthology (Bright Hill Press, 2017)
,
Eternal Snow (Nirala Publications, New Delhi, India, 2017)
,
Palabras Luminosas, Luminous Words, The 22nd Annual Alternative New Years Day Spoken Word Extravaganza Anthology (Rogue Scholars Press, 2016)
,
Estrellas en El Fuego, The Alternative New Year’s Day Spoke Word/ Performance Extravaganza Anthology (Rogue Scholars Press, 2014)
,
2009 though 2017 Annual brevitas Festival of the Short Poem (First Street Press, 2009)
,
The Hay(Na)Ku Anthology, Vol. II (Meritage Press, 2008)
Book:
Journey to the Center of My Mind (Rogue Scholars Press, 2005)
Chapbooks:
Innocence (Finishing Line Press, 2017)
,
Urban Haiku and More (Fierce Grace Press, 2010)
Journals:
Bear Creek Haiku
,
Best Poem
,
Big City Lit
,
Chantarelle’s Notebook
,
Clockwise Cat
,
ditch
,
Flutter Poetry Journal
,
Heavy Bear
,
Home Planet News
,
Kritya
,
Mad Hatters' Review
,
Maintenant
,
Mobius: The Poetry Magazine
,
Poetz
,
Sensitive Skin Magazine
,
Soul Fountain
,
Tamarind
,
The Toronto Quarterly
,
Up the Staircase Quarterly
,
Vagabondage Press

Spoken Word

Anthologies:
Mom Egg Review, 2017 Vol. 15 (Halfshelf press, 2017)
,
Shadow of the Geode, The Alternative New Year’s Day Spoke Word/ Performance Extravaganza Anthology (Rogue Scholars Press, 2015)
Journals:
Diaphanous
,
Levure Litteraire
,
Panoply
Performances:
11th Annual LES Festival of the Arts -part of group feature-5/28/06 (2006)
,
12th annual Alternative New Year's Day at the Bowery Poetry Club 1/1/06 (2006)
,
1st annual Street Fiesta & Fair-NYC- part of group feature-8/12/06 (2006)
,
8 million stories at the Tribes, NYC-part of group feature-6/7/06 (2006)
,
Beat Night at Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC-part of group feature-7/16/06 (2006)
,
C Soto Velez Cultural Center, Lower East Side, NY (2006)
,
Green Pavilion Reading, Brooklyn-part of group feature-8/30/06 (2006)
,
Hidden Treasure Series- Featured Poet-Bx,NY - 4/24/06 (2006)
,
NY Poetry Forum, part of group feature -5/27/06 (2006)
,
Park Slope Poetry Society-Brooklyn-Co-Hostess-every 1st Saturday (2006)
,
Smut-Galapagos Art space Brooklyn-part of group feature-6/5/06 (2006)
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Tribute to St.Joan at the Tribes, NYC-part of group feature-7/06/06 (2006)
,
Uptown Art Stroll, Poetry Spoken Words, NYC-part of group feature-6/9/06 (2006)
,
9/11 Mem.Reading @the Back Fence, NYC-group feature-9/11/05 (2005)
,
Beat Night at the Cornelia Street Cafe- part of group feature-1/16/06 (2005)
,
Evie Ivy's Dance /Poetry at the Tribes-Guest Poet-11/19/05 (2005)
,
Fish Bar-NYC-featured poet-10/18/05 (2005)
,
Hurricane Haven@Bowery Poetry Club-group feature-10/8/05 (2005)
,
IIth Annual New Years Day-Bowery PoetryClub-group performance-1/1/05 (2005)
,
Park Plaza Reading-Brooklyn-Featured poet-10/9/05 (2005)
,
Park Slope Poetry Project-Brooklyn-group feature-8/2/05 (2005)
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Park Slope Poetry Society-Brooklyn-co-hostess-every first Sat since 8/6/05 (2005)
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Poet to Poet-Brooklyn-group feature-7/21/05 (2005)
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Saturn Series, NYC-Featured poet-9/19/05 (2005)
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Shutters Cafe-NYC-one of guest features-10/29/05 (2005)
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Spark Cafe-NYC-group feature-10/15/05 (2005)
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The Back Fence Reading, NYC-Featured poet-6/5/05 (2005)
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The Back Fence Reading,NYC-Featured poet-5/16.05 (2005)
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Tsunami Relief Bowery Poetry Club-group feature-2/13/05 (2005)
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We Three Productions Telephone Bar, NYC-group feature-9/26/05 (2005)
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Central Park Conservancy-group feature-11/20/04 (2004)
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Central Park Conservancy-group feature-4/17/04 (2004)
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Magdalena Reading SeriesNYC-group feature-11/30/04 (2004)
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Media Showers Reading-Brooklyn-featured poet-12/19/04 (2004)
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Moroccan Star reading-Brooklyn-group feature-10/3/04 (2004)
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Nomads Choir-NYC-featured poet-9/11/04 (2004)
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Poet to Poet-Astoria,Queens-featured poet-3/16/04 (2004)
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Poet to Poet-Queens-group feature-6/20/04 (2004)
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Rodeo-Ristra-Hoboken,NJ-featured poet-7/19/04 (2004)
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SalientSaturday@Bowery PoetryClub-group feature-8/7/04 (2004)
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Saturn Series,NYC-featured poet-8/9/04 (2004)
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The Back Fence Poetry Explosion,NYC-Group feature-7/11/04 (2004)
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The Back Fence, NYC-featured Poet-5/2/04 (2004)
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The Back Fence-NYC-group feature-6/13/04 (2004)
Prizes won: 

Finalist for the 2016 Long Island Light Poetry Competition.

Nominated for a 2018 Pushcart Prize for Fiction: "Saturday After Midnight, August 5, 2023" from The Cupcake Chronicles.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Born in: 
New York
Raised in: 
New York, NY
New York
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Last update: Nov 29, 2018