Samantha Kolber

Poet

Montpelier, VT
Vermont US
Email: 
kolbersam@gmail.com
Website: 
samanthakolber.com
Twitter/X: 
@samanthakolber

Author's Bio

Samantha Kolber is an award-winning poet and piemaker with poems in Whimsical Poet, PoemCity, Rattle, Oddball Magazine, Mom Egg Review, Poems2Go, Tiny Seed Journal, Rise Up Review, Hunger Mountain, Minerva Rising, The Meadow, and other journals and anthologies. 

She received her MFA from Goddard College, and completed post-grad studies at Pine Manor College’s Solstice MFA Program. Originally from Plainsboro, New Jersey, she lives in Montpelier, Vermont, where she is the new Owner & Publisher at Rootstock Publishing. Birth of a Daughter published by Kelsay Books in 2020 is her first chapbook.

Publications & Prizes

Book:
Birth of a Daughter (Kelsay Books, 2020)
Journals:
Hummingbird
,
Hunger Mountain
,
Meadow
,
Minerva Rising
,
Oddball Magazine
,
Poems2go
,
Rattle
,
Rise Up Review
,
Tiny Seed Literary Journal
,
WhimsicalPoet
Prizes won: 
  • 2023 Poetry Winner, San Francisco Book Festival (Birth of a Daughter)
  • 2023 Five-Star Reader’s Favorite (Birth of a Daughter) 
  • 2021 Gold Winner, Human Relations Indie Book Award, Realistic Poetry (Birth of a Daughter)
  • 2021 Finalist, VCFA May Day Mountain Chapbook Series (Classified)
  • 2019 Semifinalist, Crab Orchard Poetry Series First Book Prize (Jewel Tones)
  • 2014 First Place, J. Richard Barry Memorial Award, Poetry Society of Vermont
  • 2010 Runner-up, Ruth Stone Poetry Prize (Jewel Tones)

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What I'm reading now: 
Those the Future Left Behind by Patrick Meisch, Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Jewish, White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Brooklyn, NY
New York
Raised in: 
NJ
New Jersey
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Last update: Aug 01, 2023