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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

South Pasadena, CA

California US

Bio:

Lois P. Jones won the 2023 Alpine Poetry Fellowship. Her Highly Commended poem was published in the 2021 Bridport Poetry Prize anthology. In collaboration with filmmaker Jutta Pryor and sound designer Peter Verwimp, her poem La Scapigliata won the 2022 Lyra Bristol Poetry Film Ekphrastic Competition. She was a winning finalist for the 2018 Terrain Poetry Contest judged by Jane Hirshfield. Other awards include the Lascaux Single Poem Prize, the Bristol Poetry Prize judged by Liz Berry and the Tiferet Poetry Prize. Jones has work published or forthcoming in Poetry Wales, Plume, Guernica Editions 2021, Vallentine Mitchell of London – 2022; Verse Daily, and Narrative. Jones’ first collection, “Night Ladder” was published by Glass Lyre Press and listed for the Julie Suk Award and the Lascaux Poetry Prize. Jones is the poetry editor of Kyoto Journal and a screening judge for the Kingsley-Tufts Award

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Born in:

Chicago

Raised in:

Chicago, IL

Illinois

Website:

http://loispjones.com [2]

Prizes won:

Winner of the 2023 Alpine Poetry Fellowship. Shortlist prize winner for two poems in the 9th annual Terrain Poetry Contest judged by Jane Hirshfield. She was a 2023 finalist in the Mslexia Poetry Prize competition and highly commended in the Bridport Poetry Prize anthology in 2021. She is the winner of the Lascaux Poetry Prize; Bristol Poetry Prize; Liakoura Poetry Prize and Tiferet Poetry Prize. Her first collection, Night Ladder was shortlisted for the Julie Suk Award and shortlisted for the Lascaux Poetry Book Prize.

Identifies as:

Romanian

Prefers to work with:

Any