Regina YC Garcia

Poet

Author's Bio

Regina YC Garcia is a DAR American Heritage Literary Award Winner, a 2024 Charlotte LitSouth Award Finalist, a 2024 Jaki Shelton Green Honorable Mention Recipient, a 2024 James Applewhite Award Recipient, and a Pushcart Nominee. She is a Poet, Language Artist, and English Professor from Greenville, NC. She has been published in South Florida Poetry Journal, Amistad, The Elevation Review, North Carolina Literary Review, Mid-Atlantic Review, Fiyah Literary Magazine, and numerous others. Additionally, she has work in anthologies such as Black Joy Unbound, The Power of the Feminine I, Vol 2, Brownstone Poets Anthology, Black Fire This Time, Vol. 2, and others.

Regina has also contributed to documentaries and musical and literary arrangements such as the Sacred 9 Project (Tulane University) and an Emmy award winning episode of the PBS art show Muse. Her debut chapbook, The Firetalker's Daughter, was released in March 2023 by Finishing Line Press. 

Her forthcoming debut full-length poetry collection, Whispers from the Multiverse ​​​​, is anticipated for release in early 2025 by Aquarius Press /Willow Books

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
The Fire This Time, Vol. 2 (Aquarius Press, 2024)
,
The Book of Black (Wingless Dreamer, 2021)
Chapbook:
The Firetalker’s Daughter (Finishing Line Press, 2023)
Journals:
Amistad
,
AutoEthnographer Literary and Arts Magazine
,
Main Street Rag
,
Snapdragon
,
South Florida Poetry Journal
,
Up the Staircase Quarterly
Prizes won: 

2021 National Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) American Heritage Award, Literary and Arts Award, First Place, Poetry 16-30 lines 

2021 and 2023 Semifinalist, NCLR James Applewhite Poetry Contest 

2023 Pushcart Nomination

2024 Finalist for Charlotte Lit/Lit South Contest

 

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Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Sonia Sanchez Maya Angelou Emily Dickinson Nikki Giovanni Warson Shire Langston Hughes James Weldon Johnson Lesley Honore Jericho Brown AE Hines
What I'm reading now: 
Bless the Daughter Raised By A Voice In Her Head by Warsan Shire

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
African American, BIPOC, Black
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
El Paso, TX
Texas
Raised in: 
Greenville, NC
North Carolina
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Last update: Sep 21, 2024