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Listed as:

Poet, Fiction Writer

Public address:

Travelers Rest, SC

South Carolina US

Email:

gil.allen@furman.edu

Bio:

Although I was born and raised on Long Island, I've lived in upstate South Carolina for most of my life, and I was elected to the South Carolina Academy of Authors in 2014. If you're curious about my family history, check out my sequence of poems Forty Years North of Dreamland (in the 2015 issue of Measure), my long poem The World of Tomorrow (in the Spring 2008 issue of The Southern Review), my 2007 essay How to Ruin a Perfectly Good Swamp in South Carolina (in Living Blue in the Red States), and my interview in Conversations with South Carolina Poets (John F. Blair, 1986). The best source for online samples of my work is http://libguides.furman.edu/special-coll... [2]

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Born in:

Rockville Centre, NY

New York

Raised in:

Hempstead and West Islip, NY

New York

Website:

http://libguides.furman.edu/special-coll… [2]

Prizes won:

Nancy Dew Taylor Poetry Award from Emrys Journal (2018); Special Mention in Pushcart Prize XXXVII (2013); Elizabeth Simpson Smith Short Story Award (2010); Robert Penn Warren Prize in Poetry from The Southern Review (2007); South Carolina Poetry Initative Chapbook Prize (2006); South Carolina Literary Arts Fellowship (2002-03); Rainmaker Award in Poetry from Zone 3 (1990); Amon Liner Poetry Award from The Greensboro Review (1984); five-time winner of the South Carolina Fiction Project Prize; Porter Fleming Poetry and Fiction Awards

Identifies as:

Appalachian

Prefers to work with:

Any