Shelley Wong

Poet

San Francisco, CA
California US
Website: 
www.shelley-wong.com/
Twitter/X: 
@shhelleywong

Author's Bio

Shelley Wong is the author of As She Appears (YesYes Books, May 2022), winner of the 2019 Pamet River Prize. Her poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Best American Poetry, Kenyon Review, and New England Review. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and fellowships from Kundiman, MacDowell, Headlands Center for the Arts, and Vermont Studio Center. A queer, fourth-generation Chinese American poet, she lives in San Francisco.

Education: 
Ohio State University MFA
Writers Retreats: 
Community of Writers
Headlands Center for the Arts
MacDowell
Napa Valley Writers’ Conference

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
Best American Poetry 2021 (Scribner, 2021)
Book:
As She Appears (YesYes Books, 2022)
Chapbook:
RARE BIRDS (Diode Editions, 2017)
Journals:
American Poetry Review
,
Gulf Coast
,
Kenyon Review
,
Sixth Finch
,
Crazyhorse
,
The New Republic
Prizes won: 

YesYes Books Pamet River Prize (2019), Headlands Center for the Arts affiliate (2019-2022), Alice James Books prize finalist (2019); Palm Beach Poetry Festival Kundiman fellowship (2019); Peter Taylor fellowship from Kenyon Review Writers Workshop (2018); Pushcart Prize (2017); MacDowell fellowship (2017); Diode Editions chapbook prize (2016); Kundiman fellowship (2013)

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More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Asian American, LGBTQ
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, Illness/Wellness, LGBTQ, Naturalists/Environmentalists, Schools, Teachers, Teenagers, Women
Fluent in: 
English
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Last update: Jan 29, 2022