Chelsea Dingman

Poet

Edmonton, AB
Canada
Alberta CA

Author's Bio

Chelsea Dingman’s first book, Thaw, won the National Poetry Series (UGA Press, 2017). Her second book, through a small ghost, won The Georgia Poetry Prize (UGA Press, 2020). Her third collection is I, Divided (LSU Press, 2023). She is also the author of the chapbook, What Bodies Have I Moved (Madhouse Press, 2018). She is pursuing her PhD at the University of Alberta. Her current work draws on research supported by funding from the Social Sciences and Research Council of Canada.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
I, Divided (Louisiana State University Press, 2023)
,
through a small ghost (University of Georgia Press, 2019)
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What Bodies Have I Moved (Madhouse Press, 2018)
,
Thaw (The University of Georgia Press, 2017)
Prizes won: 

National Poetry Series (2016); Southeast Review's Gearhart Poetry Prize (2016); Sycamore Review's Wabash Prize for Poetry (2017); Water~stone Review's Jane Kenyon Poetry Prize (2017), South Atlantic Modern Language Association's Creative Writing Award for Poetry (2017); The Georgia Poetry Prize for Through a Small Ghost (2019); The Puritan’s Thomas Morton Prize for Poetry (2019); Winning Writer’s Margaret Reid Poetry Prize (2020); Epiphany Magazine’s Breakout Prize in Poetry (2023); University of Alberta’s President’s Doctoral Prize of Distinction (2023); Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)’s Doctoral Grant (2023-2026).

 

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Revelstoke , BC
Canada
British Columbia
Raised in: 
Edmonton, AB
Canada
Alberta
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Last update: Jan 27, 2024