Valerie Nieman [1]
Listed as:
Poet, Fiction Writer
Public address:
Reidsville,
NC
North Carolina US
Email:
valnieman@gmail.com
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?:
English
Twitter/X:
https://twitter.com/valnieman
Born in:
Jamestown,
NY
New York
Raised in:
NY
New York
Website:
Prizes won:
NC Arts Fellowships, NEA Creative Writing Fellowship, WV Commission on the Arts grant, Kentucky Foundation for Women grant, Greg Grummer Prize in Poetry, only two-time winner of the Elizabeth Simpson Smith prize in fiction, Byron Herbert Reece Prize, Nazim Hikmet Prize, Seven Hills Prize in YA Novel, Willie Parker Peace Prize from the NC Society of Historians, Emma Bell Miles Prize in the Essay
Education:
Queens University of Charlotte
Identifies as:
Appalachian
Prefers to work with:
Any