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Bonnie Proudfoot [1]

Listed as: 
Poet, Fiction Writer
Public address: 
Athens, OH
Ohio US
Email: 
proudfoot.b@gmail.com
Bio: 

Bonnie Proudfoot is a poet, fiction writer, essayist, and reviewer living in Athens, Ohio. Her novel, Goshen Road (Swallow Press, 2020) was longlisted for the 2021 PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. Her chapbook of poems, Household Gods, (Sheila-Na-Gig Editions) was published in September of 2022.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Twitter/X: 
@b_proudfoot
Website: 
https://bonnieproudfootblog.wordpress.co… [2]
Prizes won: 
  • First Prize, Flash Prose Competition, Midway Review, for essay "Three Ways to Look at a Harmonica"
  • Book of the Year, 2022 WCONA, Goshen Road
  • Longlist 2021 PEN/Hemingway, Goshen Road
  • Great Group Reads 2020 WNBA, Goshen Road
  • First Prize Ides of March Contest, Ohio Poetry Association, poem "Back from Aqueduct"
  • Honorable Mention, Spring Poetry Contest, Sheila-Na-Gig, 2 poems
  • First Place, Sand Hills Journal, Fiction, "Old Spirits"
  • First Place, Columbus Dispatch, Novelini Competition, "The Science of the Barrel"
  • Fellowship for the Arts, West Virginia Department of Culture and History

 

Education: 
Hollins University
West Virginia University
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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/bonnie_proudfoot [2] https://bonnieproudfootblog.wordpress.com/