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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

State College, PA

Pennsylvania US

Email:

melissacjohnson142@gmail.com

Bio:

Melissa C. Johnson is the author of two poetry chapbooks, “Looking Twice at the World,” and “Cancer Voodoo.” Her work has been published in Borderlands, Waccamaw, Kakalak, The Connecticut Review, Farmer's Market, The Potomac Review, The Cortland Review, NELLE, Green Briar Review, and other journals. She serves as Associate Vice Provost and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education at The Pennsylvania State University and lives in Boalsburg, PA with her husband Joseph and their three beloved cats.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Twitter/X:

@johnsonmelissa

Born in:

Lancaster, SC

South Carolina

Raised in:

Lancaster, SC

South Carolina

Website:

https://melissacjohnson.com [2]

Prizes won:

Laureates’ Choice award, Marie W. Faust Sonnet Contest, 2022.

Finalist, Diode Editions Chapbook Contest, 2018.

Honorable Mention, 13th Annual Dogfish Head Poetry Prize, 2015.

Semifinalist, 2012 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award competition, 2012.

1st Place, Marco Polo Travel Poem Award and 1st Honorable Mention Emma Gray Trigg Memorial, The Poetry Society of Virginia: Adult Poetry Contest, 2011.

First Finalist, South Carolina Poetry Initiative Book Prize, 2010.

Winner, SC Poetry Initiative Chapbook Contest, 2007

Finalist for Longleaf Press Chapbook Contest, 2007

Education:

University of South Carolina, Columbia

Prefers to work with:

Any