Lee Woodman is the winner of the 2020 William Meredith Prize for Poetry as well as the 2021 Atlantic Review International Poetry Competition MERIT AWARD, and First Prize in the 2022 Carve Magazine Prose and Poetry Contest. Her essays and poems have been published in Poet Lore, Tiferet Journal, Zócalo Public Square, Grey Sparrow Press, The Ekphrastic Review, vox poetica, The New Guard Review, The Concord Monitor, The Hill Rag, Naugatuck River Review, and The Broadkill Review. A Pushcart nominee, she received an Individual Poetry Fellowship from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities FY 2019 and FY 2020. Her poetry collection, Mindscapes, was published by Poets’ Choice Publishing, 2020, Homescapes by Finishing Line Press, 2020, Lifescapes by Kelsay Books, 2021, Artscapes by Shanti Arts, 2022, and Soulscapes by Shanti Arts, 2024. 

Woodman is a longtime artist and media producer, whose radio and film awards include five CINEs, two NY International Film Blue Ribbons, and three Gracies from American Women in Radio and Television. She worked for 20 years in leadership roles at the Smithsonian, was Vice-President of Media and Editorial at K12, Inc., and Executive Producer at Lee Woodman Media, Inc., with clients including The Library of Congress, The World Bank, Public Radio International, NPR, and the Fulbright Program. She has a BA in Art from Colby College, Waterville, ME and an MA Ed from Hartford Art School, CT. Lee spent her junior year at l'Institut d’Art et d’Archéologie, Paris, France. An overseas childhood in France and India sparked Lee Woodman’s love for language, art, theater and dance.