Rachel Mehl

Poet

Bellingham, WA

Washington US

Author's Bio

Rachel Mehl has an MFA from University of Oregon, where she taught poetry for two years, and a BA in English from Western Washington University. She has also taught GED students and community workshops.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

All We Can Hold: Poems of Motherhood (Sage Hill Press, 2016)

Floating Bridge Review (, )

Journals:

Alaska Quarterly Review

Arbor Vitae

Blue Earth Review

Breadcrumb Scabs

Cirque

Conversations Across Borders

Crab Creek Review

Crowd Magazine

Fogged Clarity

Los Angeles Review

Natural Bridge

Naugatuck River Review

Nerve Cowboy

Pank

Squalorly

Stringtown

Tiger's Eye

Whiskey Island Magazine

Willow Springs

Prizes won:

Walk Award Winner 2011 Sue Boynton Poetry Contest for "Bellingham"

Finalist Snake Nation Press Violet Reed Hass Poetry Book Award 2009 for _Why I Hate Horses_

Finalist The Ledge Chapbook Contest 2009 for _Letter to Amber in November_

Semifinalist Fall 2010 Black River Chapbook Contest for _Letter to Amber in November_

Semifinalist Fall 2009 Black River Chapbook Contest for _Letter to Amber in November_

Finalist New South Poetry Prize 2008 for "Walking Tommy Thompson Trail"

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Mount Vernon

Raised in:

Arlington, WA

Washington

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Last update: May 02, 2016