Ever the (Poetry) Bridesmaid, Never the Bride…

Nancy FlynnPoetry Contests, Writing Contests

Once again, a poetry manuscript of mine has made it close to getting the big prize—publication and money!—but not quite. Sigh. My poetry collection, Brief Campaigns of Sting and Sweet, got as far as semi-finalist for the 2025 Fence Modern Poets Series Book Prize. These folks at Fence recently published a couple of my poems…

 
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A fun alternative to the traditional author bio…

Nancy FlynnApostrophe Blog Archive, Reading, Writing

Fence Magazine has accepted two of my poems for publication in Winter 2024. They eschew those (often boring, too often bragging) boilerplate author bios in favor of something entirely different and fun. Each author accepted for publication must submit a statement about what you have been reading recently and maybe a bit about why…

 
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