B Elizabeth Beck

Poet, Fiction Writer

Lexington, KY
Kentucky US
Email: 
author@elizbeck.com
Website: 
elizbeck.com

Author's Bio

Elizabeth Beck is the author of the Summer Tour Trilogy. Her collections of poetry include: Dancing on the Page (Rabbit House Press,  2024);  Mama Tried (Broadstone Books, 2022); Painted Daydreams: Collection of Ekphrastic Poems (Accents Publishing 2019);  insignficant (Evening Street Press, 2013); and Interiors (Finishing Line Press 2013). She is an award-winning English and Art History teacher. During her time at Withrow High School, she founded The Tracks Literary Magazine. She is the proud recipient of the 2012 Artist Enrichment Grant through The Kentucky Foundation for Women. She is also the founder of The Teen Howl Poetry Series and Poetry at the /'tāb-əl/ in Lexington, Kentucky. To contact Elizabeth: elizbeck.com

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Anthology:
NEA Teacher Stories (Harvard University Press, 2017)
Books:
Under the Elm (createspace (self-publisher), 2022)
,
World Gone Mad (createspace (self-publisher), 2021)
,
Summer Tour (createspace (self-publisher), 2020)
Journals:
Garfield Lake Review
,
PLUCK!

Poetry

Anthologies:
The Heavy Lifting (Accents Publishing, 2017)
,
The Messenger is Sudden Thunder (Accents Publishing, 2016)
,
Veil, Halos and Shackles (Kasva Press, 2016)
,
This Wretched Vessel (Accents Publishing, 2015)
,
Her Limestone Bones (Accents Publishing, 2014)
,
Bigger Than They Appear (Accents Publishing, 2011)
Books:
Dancing on the Page (Rabbit House Press, 2024)
,
Mama Tried (Broadstone Books, 2022)
,
Maps We Forgot To Bring (Accents Publishing, 2020)
,
Painted Daydreams: Collection of Ekphrastic Poems (Accents Publishing, 2019)
,
Interiors (Finishing Line Press, 2013)
Journals:
Appalachian Review
,
Chaffey Review
,
Evening Street Review
,
Kudzu Review
,
Meadow
,
Poetica Magazine
,
Red River Review
,
Subliminal Interiors
,
The Rusty Nail
,
Trivia: A Journal of Ideas
Prizes won: 

American Fiction Award winner. Thrice nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Nominated for the 2013 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. Awarded Kentucky Foundation for Women Artist Enrichment Grant 2012, Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction Award 2006, Teacher of the Year FCPS 2005 and 2006, FAME Recipient FCPS 2006 and 2009

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Teenagers
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Youngstown
Raised in: 
KY
Kentucky
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Last update: Apr 17, 2024