Robert L. Giron

Poet, Fiction Writer

Arlington, VA
Virginia US
Email: 
writerrobertgiron@yahoo.com
Website: 
www.robertgiron.com

Author's Bio

Robert L. Giron is the author of five collections of poetry and editor of four anthologies. His poetry and fiction have appeared in national and international anthologies among other publications. He was born in Nebraska, but he describes himself as a transplanted Texan, with family roots that go back over four centuries, who lives in Arlington, Virginia with his husband. He discovered recently that his ancestry covers most of Europe and the greater Mediterranean area, including Indigenous roots from Mexico/Texas—just a man of the world. He currently is an associate editor for Potomac Review and is the editor-in-chief of ArLiJo and is the founder/publisher of Gival Press.

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Journals:
Amphora Review
,
Art Forum
,
Beltway Poetry Quarterly
,
Poets Against the War
,
Puerto del Sol
,
The Great Lawn

Poetry

Anthologies:
Poetic Voices Without Borders (Gival Press, 2005)
,
Texas (Sam Houston State University Press, 1979)
Prizes won: 

Book Awards:

Songs for the Spirit / Canciones para el Espíritu: 

*2024 Finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book Award for eBook (Nonfiction)

*2023 Best Book for Spiritual Bilingual, Pinnacle Achievement Award (NABE)

 

The Best of Gival Press Short Stories:

*2015 Foreword Reviews' Silver Award —The Indiefab Book of the Year Award for Anthologies

*2015 Great Midwest Book Festival Award for Compilations/Anthologies

*2015 Finalist USA Best Book Award for Fiction-Anthologies

Poetic Voices Without Borders 2:
*2009 Winner of the National Best Book Award for Fiction & Literature: Anthologies, sponsored by USA Book News
*2009 Runner-Up for the London Book Festival Award for Poetry
*2009 Honorable Mention: San Francisco Book Festival Award for Poetry

Poetic Voices Without Borders:
*2006 Writers Notes Magazine Book Award Notable for Art
*2006 Independent Publisher Book Award Honorable Mention for Anthologies
*2006 Winner of the Writers Notes Magazine Book Award Notable for Art for the book

*2006 Semi-Finalist for the Independent Publisher Book Award for Anthologies 
*2006 Winner of the Moving Words Poetry Competition for poem Living in Arlington.
 

An Interdisciplinary Introduction to Women’s Studies:
*2005 Winner of the DIY Book Festival Award for Compilations / Anthologies 
*2004 Finalist in the Moving Words Poetry Competition for poem The Pearl Glaze
 

Fortune Was My Name But Faith Sustained Me in Living in Faith:
*2003 Finalist in the Obadiah Writers Contest for essay (Obadiah Press, 2004)
 

Canciones para una sola cuerda / Songs for a Single String:
*2003 Finalist in the Violet Crown Book Award for Literary Prose/Poetry for Translation 
 

The Olive Branch from the collection Metamorphosis of the Serpent God:
*2001 Finalist in the Moving Words Poetry Competition for the poem
 

The First Thanksgiving [1598] a poem in the collection Metamorphosis of the Serpent God:

*2000 Best of the Entries in the Austin Writers League Radio Collective Contest and was aired on A Gift of Poets program on KOOP Austin, 91.7 FM and KRTU San Antonio, 91.7 FM, along with another of my poems titled The Souls of Countless Tribes

Watch

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Joy Harjo Robert Haas Mark Doty Walt Whitman Ray Carver Paulo Coelho Hermann Hesse Jesús García Lorca André Gide (Psalms of the Bible) Alan Hollinghurst Rudolfo Anaya Shakespeare

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Fluent in: 
French, Spanish
Born in: 
Sidney, NE
Nebraska
Raised in: 
El Paso, TX
Texas
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Last update: Jul 24, 2024