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Bracha K. Sharp [1]

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Bracha K. Sharp was published in the American Poetry Review, the Birmingham Arts Journal, Sky Island Journal, ONE ART: a journal of poetry, and Wild Roof Journal, among others. She placed first in the national Hackney Literary Awards; the poem subsequently appeared in the Birmingham Arts Journal. She was a finalist in the New Millennium Writings Poetry Awards and received a 2019 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards Silver Medal for her debut picture book. As her writing notebooks seem to end up finding their way into different rooms, she is always finding both old pieces to revisit and new inspirations to work with. She is a current reader for the Baltimore Review. You can find out more about her writing by visiting: www.brachaksharp.com [2]

Gives readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Mary Oliver, Billy Collins, Emily Dickinson, Pablo Neruda, Gregory Orr, Elizabeth Bishop, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, William Carlos Williams, and so many other poets, both past and present/current! ~~~ Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, L.M. Montgomery, William Faulkner, Norman Doidge, Henrik Ibsen, Virginia Woolf, Laurie Halse Anderson, Karen Cushman, Avi, Gail Carson Levine, and so many other authors, and picture book authors/writers, both past and present/current!
Twitter/X: 
@BrachaKS_writes
Website: 
https://www.brachaksharp.com [3]
Prizes won: 

The Hackney Literary Awards — Tender -- (http://hackneyliteraryawards.org/winners [4])
(First Place —The 2016 National Poetry Awards)
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The 46th New Millennium Writings Literary Journal Awards — Words -- (https://newmillenniumwritings.org/writin... [5])
(Poetry Finalist—The 46th New Millennium Writing Contest, Poetry Awards, 2018 — Listed as “Bracha Sharp”)
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Understanding and The Rain is the Earth Today — Published in the Birmingham Arts Journal -- (https://www.birminghamartsjournal.com/pu... [6])
October 2021, Volume 18/Issue 1
[Note: This recording was made specifically for The Birmingham Arts Journal (BAJ)’s readings and reception for their 20th Anniversary celebration on Thursday, October 27, 2022 at the Leeds Theater and Arts Center. This work was featured in the January 2022 issue, and I was, along with the poets and creators from the BAJ’s last six issues, invited to read my work. Featured submitters were invited to “read your poem(s) or a brief passage of your prose or show and tell us about your art or photography...What - Reading/Reception for the Birmingham Art Journal http://birminghamartsjournal.com [7] Why - To honor written, spoken, and visual art and their creators...Congratulations on having your work published in The Birmingham Arts Journal.” (https://www.brachaksharp.com/poems [8])]
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After the Questions — Published in ONE ART: a journal of poetry -- (https://oneartpoetry.com/poems/ [9])
May 11th, 2022
[Note: This poem was kindly nominated by the ONE ART Journal’s editors for their nominations regarding the Orison Book's Best Spiritual Literature (formerly The Orison Anthology) category; congratulations to all of the nominees! (https://oneartpoetry.com/2022/10/12/one-... [10]) and (https://oneartpoetry.com/2022/05/11/afte... [11])]
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Waiting for the Gift — Published in Wild Roof Journal
November 2nd, 2022, Issue 17: November 2022
[https://wildroofjournal.com/podcast/#rou... [12]
[https://www.instagram.com/wildroofjourna... [13] 
[Note: It is an honor to be one of three poets chosen from the Wild Roof Journal (WRF) journal's past/latest issue, Number 17, (wildroofjournal.com/issue-17/) for their roundtable poetry discussion! https://wildroofjournal.com/podcast/#rou... [14]
and https://youtu.be/vZIZ05jYCWc] [15]

What I'm reading now: 
The Fairest of Them All: Snow White and 21 Tales of Mothers and Daughters by Maria Tatar
The Brain's Way of Healing by Norman Doidge
Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/bracha_k_sharp

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/bracha_k_sharp [2] http://www.brachaksharp.com [3] https://www.brachaksharp.com [4] http://hackneyliteraryawards.org/winners [5] https://newmillenniumwritings.org/writing-awards-46/ [6] https://www.birminghamartsjournal.com/published.html [7] http://birminghamartsjournal.com [8] https://www.brachaksharp.com/poems [9] https://oneartpoetry.com/poems/ [10] https://oneartpoetry.com/2022/10/12/one-arts-nominations-for-best-spiritual-literature/ [11] https://oneartpoetry.com/2022/05/11/after-the-questions-by-bracha-k-sharp/ [12] https://wildroofjournal.com/podcast/#roundtable_december2022.] [13] https://www.instagram.com/wildroofjournal/?hl=en] [14] https://wildroofjournal.com/podcast/#roundtable_december2022 [15] https://youtu.be/vZIZ05jYCWc]