Tony Burfield

Poet

Author's Bio

Tony Burfield lives with his wife in the foothills of the Colorado Front Range just below Button Rock. He works at the Boulder Public Library. 

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
Red Moon Anthology of English Language Haiku (Red Moon Press, 2023)
Books:
Seeking the Button Rock Hermit (Middle Creek Publishing and Audio, 2022)
,
The Slingshot Vignettes (Alien Buddha Press, 2021)
Chapbooks:
Sawhorse (Middle Creek Publishing and Audio, 2017)
,
Torrents (Tiger's Eye Press, 2015)
,
These Village Trails (Red Ochre Press, 2012)
,
Canid (Green Fuse Poetic Arts Association, 2010)
Journals:
Acorn
,
Asahi Shimbun
,
Bear Creek Haiku
,
Bombay Gin
,
Bones
,
Contemporary Haibun Online
,
Frogpond
,
Haibun Today
,
Hedgerow: A Journal of Small Poems
,
Ink Sweat and Tears
,
Lilliput Review
,
Modern Haiku
,
Montucky Review
,
NOON
,
OccuPoetry
,
Poetry Quarterly
,
Progenitor Art and Literary Journal
,
Prune Juice: Journal of Senryu and Kyoka
,
Rattle
,
Salt River Review
,
Sand Hill Review
,
Scifaikuest
,
Shamrock Haiku Journal
,
Star*Line
,
The Cynic Online Magazine
,
The Heron's Nest
,
tinywords
,
Wild Plum
Prizes won: 

Fledge Chapbook Award, Green Fuse Press Chapbook Prize, Twice Nominated for a Touchstone Award by Modern Haiku, Naropa University's Scholarship for Writing & Ecology, Dwarf Stars: The Best of Short Science Fiction Poetry, Scifaikuest Editor's Pick, Pushcart Nomination

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Jim Kacian, paul m, Scott Metz, David Anthony Martin, Matt Ussia, Aaron Moe, Kathleen Willard, Joanne Kyger, Rae Armantrout, Wang An-Shih, Marlene Mountain, Don Wentworth, David Budbill, Andrew Schelling, Santoka Taneda, etc.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Coudersport, PA
Pennsylvania
Raised in: 
Emporium, PA
Pennsylvania
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Last update: Feb 16, 2023