Valerie Wallace

Poet

Michigan City, IN
Indiana US
Email: 
valeriemw@gmail.com
Website: 
valeriewallace.net/
Twitter/X: 
@valeriemartt

Author's Bio

Valerie Wallace is the author of "House of McQueen", which was selected by Vievee Francis for the Four Way Books 2016 Intro Prize (March 2018), and the chapbook "The Dictators' Guide to Good Housekeeping" (2011, Dancing Girl Press). Valerie was an associate editor and the webmaster with RHINO Poetry from 2009-2016, and advisory board member of the Afghan Women's Writing Program. She won the 2012 San Miguel Writers' Conference Poetry Prize and her work was chosen by Margaret Atwood for the 2012 Atty Award.

Education: 
School of the Art Institute of Chicago MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
The Eloquent Poem (Persea Books, 2019)
,
A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poetry (University of Akron Press, 2012)
,
Sculptures: The Great Columns of Joliet (University of Illinois Press, 2006)
Book:
House of McQueen (Four Way Books, 2018)
Chapbook:
The Dictators' Guide to Good Housekeeping (Dancing Girl Press, 2011)
Journals:
About Place Journal
,
Ars Poetica
,
Borderlines
,
Convergence
,
Court Green
,
Drumvoices Revue
,
Eleven Eleven
,
Her Mark/Woman Made Gallery Date Book
,
Ilanot Review
,
JMWW
,
Kettle Blue Review
,
Maize
,
Margie
,
Mid-American Poetry Review
,
Naugatuck River Review
,
Poetry
,
Pool
,
Potomac Review
,
Rhino Magazine
,
Ricochet Review
,
Rust + Moth
,
Santa Clara Review
,
The Found Poetry Review
,
Tinderbox
,
TINGE Magazine
,
Tupelo Quarterly
,
Unsplendid
,
Valparaiso Poetry Review
,
Waccamaw Journal
,
Watershed Review
Prizes won: 

2017 Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Grant; 2016 Four Way Books Intro Prize; 2013 Midwest Writing Center Great Lakes Retreat Award; 2012 San Miguel Writers' Conference Poetry Award; 2012 Atty Award; Illinois Arts Council Literary Award. Grants: Barbara Deming Money for Women, Illinois Arts Council Artist Grants. Fellowships: Ragdale Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, Kimmel-Harding-Nelson Center for the Arts, Squaw Valley Community of Writers, Writers in the Heartland. Broadsides: Highland Park Poetry That Moves, February 2010

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Feminist
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Raised in: 
California, Colorado, South Dakota, Utah, Kanasas, Illinois
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Last update: Dec 16, 2021