The New Quarterly awarded me first prize in the 2016 Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest for my poem, “Wedding Anniversary,” which is published in Issue #140: In Appreciation of Our Spots. Now, a conversation I had with the wonderfully kind and intelligent Kim Jernigan of The New Quarterly is published on the magazine’s website: Memory, Desire, and theContinue reading “Interview with 2016 NBOV Contest Winner Ruth Daniell on TNQ website”
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Looking back and looking forward
2016 has been a pretty rough year for a lot of reasons and for a lot of people. It’s hard to stay hopeful and grateful when there is so much to be genuinely sorry about, but I am trying. I have a lot to be grateful about this past year. The publication of Boobs: Women ExploreContinue reading “Looking back and looking forward”
Winning poem of the 2016 Occasional Verse Contest now published in The New Quarterly (Issue 140)
Friends, I know we’re all feeling blue right now. But may I share something happy? My copies of The New Quarterly (issue 140) arrived. This issue contains my poem, “Wedding Anniversary,” which won their 2016 Occasional Verse Contest. My thanks to Kim Jernigan and all the jurors of the contest. I’m so so grateful toContinue reading “Winning poem of the 2016 Occasional Verse Contest now published in The New Quarterly (Issue 140)”
2016 Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest
I’m thrilled and humbled to pass on the news that the kind folk at The New Quarterly have announced me as the winner of their 2016 Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest. I have admired TNQ’s Occasional Verse contest for quite a few years and I’m incredibly excited to count myself among its winners. I love occasional verse ofContinue reading “2016 Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest”
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