Joy Priest [1]
Listed as:
Poet

Email:
DalaiMamaPoetry@gmail.com
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
Twitter/X:
@Dalai_Mama_
Born in:
Louisville,
KY
Kentucky
Raised in:
Louisville,
KY
Kentucky
Website:
Prizes won:
2020 Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize | 2019 Donald Hall Prize from AWP for debut collection HORSEPOWER | 2019-2020 Fine Arts Work Center Fellow in Poetry | 2019 Gearhart Prize from The Southeast Review | 2019 Nikki Giovanni Scholar at The Appalachian Writers' Workshop | 2018 Gregory Pardlo Scholar at The Frost Place | 2016 College Writers' Award from the Hurston/Wright Foundation | 2015 Emerging Artist Award from the Kentucky Arts Council | 2015 Summer Artist Residency from the Kentucky Foundation for Women
Education:
University of Houston
University of South Carolina, Columbia
Writers Retreats:
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
Fine Arts Work Center Summer Workshop Program
Frost Place
Identifies as:
African American
Prefers to work with:
At Risk Youth
Incarcerated Individuals
Schools
Teenagers