Luisa Caycedo-Kimura

Poet

Bloomfield, CT
Connecticut US
Email: 
luisackpoetry@icloud.com
Website: 
luisacaycedokimura.com

Author's Bio

Luisa Caycedo-Kimura is a Colombian-born writer, translator, educator, and former attorney. A three-time Pushcart Prize nominee, her honors include a John K. Walsh Residency Fellowship at the Anderson Center, an Adrienne Reiner Hochstadt Fellowship at Ragdale, and a Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship in Poetry. She is a former Editor of Connecticut River Review; the founding organizer and chair of conneCTions, a reading a workshop series; and a member of the Hill-Stead Museum’s Poetry Advisory Committee.

Education: 
Boston University MFA
Writers Retreats: 
Anderson Center Artist Residencies
Ragdale

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Waking Up to the Earth: Connecticut Poets in a Time of Climate Crisis (Grayson Books, 2021)
,
Sunken Garden Poetry: 1992-2011 (Wesleyan University Press, 2012)
Journals:
Adanna
,
Caduceus
,
Cincinnati Review
,
Connecticut Review
,
Connecticut River Review
,
Crack the Spine
,
Diode
,
Ellipsis
,
Freshwater
,
Frigg Magazine
,
Jelly Bucket
,
Louisiana Literature
,
Mid-American Review
,
Nashville Review
,
Night Heron Barks
,
Noctua Review
,
On the Seawall
,
PALABRA: A Magazine of Chicano & Latino Literary Art
,
Pilgrimage
,
Pilgrimage Magazine
,
Platform Review
,
Rattle
,
RHINO
,
San Pedro River Review
,
Shenandoah
Prizes won: 

John K. Walsh Residency Fellowship
Adrienne Reiner Hochstadt Fellowship
Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship
Semi-finalist, Frost Place Chapbook Fellowship, 2022
Semi-finalist, Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize, 2022
Semi-finalist, Beloit Poetry Journal - Chad Walsh Chapbook Series, 2022
Finalist, Diode Editions Chapbook Contest 2021
Finalist, Cow Creek Chapbook Prize, 2021
Semifinalist, Palette Poetry Previously Published Poem Prize, 2021
Finalist, The Center for Book Arts Chapbook Competition, 2021
Honorable Mention, Beloit Poetry Journal, Chad Walsh Chapbook Series, 2021
Honorable Mention, RHINO Editor’s Prize, 2020

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Hispanic, Latino/Latina/Latinx
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, Any, At Risk Youth, Immigration, Mental Health, Naturalists/Environmentalists, Schools, Teachers, Teenagers, Women
Fluent in: 
English, Spanish
Born in: 
Ibagué, TOL
Colombia
Tolima
Raised in: 
Queens, NY
New York
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Last update: Apr 26, 2023