Education
1984 – 1988 The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
Earned Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature, June 1988. Thesis work in English Poetry.
2007 – 2009 Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
Earned Master of Fine Arts degree in Poetry, July 2009. Thesis work on Virgil’s Aeneid.
Publications
Books
the vanishings & other poems, Calypso Editions, 2011
the dictator’s mistress, Alice Blue Books, 2012
Non-Fiction
One Simple Way to Heal the Earth, elephant journal, 2016
Poems
alone I look into you, Five Willows Literary Review, 2015
headland, pacific coast, Cascadia Review, 2014
june bracken waist high under birch, frogs, fool song, aster, Cascadia Review, 2013
big leaf maple, Alaska Quarterly Review, 2013
you are a boy on your small mare searching, The Far Field, 2012
A Willow Tree Graces the Neighbor’s Yard, 2008, LBJ, University of Nevada
the tender fiction of paul and nelly, Poetry International, 2009
The Faith of Tulips, Knock, 2008
Returning To Work, An Evening at the Tennis Club, Afternoons at Home, Mirror NorthWest, 2007
Galloping, Pontoon, 2007
Returning to Work, Knock, #6, 2006
from The Book of Waiting, The Armchair Classicist, 2006
An Evening At the Tennis Club; Afternoons at Home, Stringtown, Issue #9, 2006
Indian Pipe, Alaska Quarterly Review, Vol. 20, No. 1 & @, Fall/Winter, 2002
Book Reviews
because God had translated them: A Review of Dimitris Lyacos’ With the people from the bridge, 2016, Web Del Sol Review of Books
Seamus Heaney’s Aeneid Book VI, Web Del Sol Review of Books, 2016
Happy To Go Rogue: A Review of The Willow Springs Surrealist Chapbook Series, Fall 2015, Raven Chronicles
The Artist as Citizen: The Poet Who Practiced Genocide, Raven Chronicles, 2003 Shadow Lands, Johannes Bobrowski, Translated by Ruth and Matthew Mead with an introduction by Michael Hamburger, 1984, New Directions Books, New York, New York
The Endless Forms of the One Thing, Raven Chronicles, 2001, 26 Poems From Snail River, Chapbook, James Bertolino, 2000, Egress Studio Press, Bellingham, Washington
Care For An Accident?, Raven Chronicles, 2002, Blue Mouth, Chapbook, J.W. Marshall, 2001, Wood Works, Seattle, Washington
I’m Hearing Myself Grow Louder, Raven Chronicles, 2000, Life Of The Bones To Come, Larry Laurence, 1999, Black Heron Press, Seattle, Washington
John Coltrane, Meet Carl Jung, Raven Chronicles, 2000, This House, Jim Bodeen, 1999, Tsunami, Inc., Walla Walla, Washington
Creative Businesses
Elizabeth Myhr Editing, Owner, 2009 – Present
CoFounder, Calypso Editions www.calypsoeditions.org
Editorial Positions
Poetry Competition Editor, 2014, Emerys Journal
Manuscript Editor, Copy Editor, Proofreader, Calypso Editions 2009 -2012
Poetry Competition Manuscript Judge, 2011, 2012, Marick Press
Managing Editor, Marick Press www.marickpress.com 2005 – 2008
Fiction Editor, 1997- 1999, The Raven Chronicles
Poetry Editor, 1999 – 2002, The Raven Chronicles
Poetry Editor, 1999 – 2014 Shining Horns, The Raven Chronicles
Freelance Editorial work on poetry, novels and short stories 2009 – Present
Awards, Residencies, Lectures
the practice of devotion Semi-Finalist, Poetry Book Competition, Orison Books, 2015
june bracken waist high under birch, nominated for Best of the Net 2014 by Cascadia Review
Guest Poetry Lecturer, The Evergreen State College, 2012, 2013
Guest Poetry Lecturer, San Diego State University, 2011
Hugo House Fellowship, 2010
Winner, Knock Eco/Lit Poetry Competition, Fall 2008
Milotte Foundation Scholar, 2008
Valentine, San Juan Rhapsody, First & Second Prizes, San Juan County Fair, July, 1999
Artist-in-Residence, Centrum, Port Townsend, Washington, October, 1999
The Clam Shell and the Moon, Finishing Line Press, Special Merit, New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition, 1999
Artist-in-Residence, Centrum, Port Townsend, Washington, April, 1998
Recipient, 1997 GAP Grant Award, Artist Trust, Seattle, Washington
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