Jackie Craven

Poet, Fiction Writer

Schenectady, NY
New York US
Email: 
info@jackiecraven.com
Website: 
jackiecraven.com
Twitter/X: 
@jackiecraven

Author's Bio

Jackie Craven writes poetry and prose steeped in magical realism. Her collection, WHISH, won the 2024 Poetry Award from Press 53. Other books include Secret Formulas & Techniques of the Masters (Brick Road Poetry Press) and the chapbooks Our Lives Became Unmanageable (winner of the Omnidawn Fabulist Fiction Award) and Cyborg Sister (finalist for the Charlotte Mew Prize, Headmistress Press).  Her writing appears in journals such as AGNI, The Asheville Poetry Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Cincinnati Review MiCRo Series, The Massachusetts Review, New Ohio Review, Nimrod International Journal, Pleiades, Ploughshares, River Styx, and Salamander. As a journalist, she's published books on home décor and more than 500 articles on architecture, visual art, literature, and cultural travel. Raised in northern Virginia, she earned degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University (B.S.) and the University at Albany, New York (M.S. and Doctor of Arts). She lives in upstate New York, central Florida, and on Zoom, where she hosts a long-standing open mic for writers. Find her online at JackieCraven.com.

Education:  University at Albany, New York (M.S. and Doctor of Arts), Virginia Commonwealth University (B.S.) 

Writers Retreats: 
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Chapbook:
Our Lives Became Unmanageable (Omnidawn, 2016)
Journals:
50-Word Stories
,
Berkeley Fiction Review
,
Existere
,
Fourth River
,
Limestone
,
Mid-American Review
,
Pearl Magazine
,
SNReview
,
Verdad Magazine
,
Yuan Yang: A Journal of Hong Kong & International Writing
,
Zahir

Poetry

Anthologies:
50 Give or Take (Vine Leaves Press, 2021)
,
What We Talk about When We Talk About It (Darkhouse Books, 2020)
,
A Constellation of Kisses (Terrapin Books, 2019)
,
Last Call: The Anthology of Beer, Wine & Spirits Poetry (World Enough Writers, 2018)
,
Ice Cream Poems (World Enough Writers, 2017)
,
Of Burgers & Barrooms (Main Street Rag Publishing Company, 2017)
,
Creatures of Habitat (Main Street Rag Publishing Company, 2015)
,
Lummox #2 (Lummox Press, 2013)
Books:
WHISH (Press 53, 2024)
,
Secret Formulas & Techniques of the Masters (Brick Road Poetry Press, 2018)
Chapbook:
Cyborg Sister (Headmistress Press, 2022)
Journals:
AGNI
,
Alaska Quarterly Review
,
Asheville Poetry Review
,
Atticus Review
,
Beloit Poetry Journal
,
Bohemia
,
Chautauqua
,
Cincinnati Review
,
Cleaver Magazine
,
Cola Literary Review
,
Columbia Poetry Review
,
DMQ Review
,
Fourth River
,
Heavy Feather Review
,
Licking River Review
,
Massachusetts Review
,
Mayday Magazine
,
New Ohio Review
,
Nimrod
,
Pembroke Magazine
,
Pilgrimage Magazine
,
Pleiades
,
ploughshares
,
Poet Lore
,
Poets Reading the News
,
Quiddity International Journal
,
r.kv.r.y. quarterly
,
River Styx
,
Rogue Agent
,
Rust + Moth
,
Salamander
,
South Florida Poetry Journal
,
Spillway Magazine
,
Stone Canoe
,
SWWIM Every Day
,
The New York Quarterly
,
Undertow Tanka Review
,
Water~Stone Review
Prizes won: 
  •  Poetry Manuscript Winner (WHISH), Press 53
  •  Pushcart Nomination, Headmistress Press
  •  Pushcart Nominations, Brick Road Poetry Press
  •  Pushcart Nomination, Salamander magazine 
  •  Poetry Manuscript Finalist (WHISH), Hudson Prize, Black Lawrence Press 
  •  Poetry Manuscript Finalist (WHISH), Trio House Press
  •  Poetry Manuscript Finalist (WHISH), New American Press
  •  Poetry Chapbook Finalist (CYBORG SISTER), Beloit Poetry Journal
  •  Poetry Chapbook Finalist (CYBORG SISTER), Headmistress Press  
  •  Poetry Chapbook Finalist (CYBORG SISTER), Concrete Wolf
  •  Poetry Manuscript Finalist (SECRET FORMULAS), Autumn House Press 
  •  Fabulist Fiction Chapbook Prize (UNMANAGEABLE), Omnidawn Publishing  
  •  Poetry Contest Finalist, Nimrod Journal 
  •  International Poetry Contest, Honorable Mention (2016) and Finalist (2019), River Styx
  •  Fineline Flash Prose Award Finalist, Mid-American Review 
  •  Stephen A Dibiasi Poetry Prize, Honorable Mention (2021, 2020) and Finalist (2016)
  •  Missouri Review, Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize Finalist 
  •  Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art Poetry Finalist 

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Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Feminist, LGBTQ
Prefers to work with: 
Any, At Risk Youth, Seniors, Teenagers
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Falls Church, VA
Virginia
Raised in: 
Arlington, VA
Virginia
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Last update: Feb 12, 2024