Central Washington University - Department of English: Joe Powell

Awards

2006 Tom Pier Award, Allied Arts

2005 Artist Trust GAP Grant Award, $1,000

2004 Third Place, Allied Arts of Yakima Poetry Contest

2004 Phi Beta Kappa, Scholar of the Year Award, at Central Washington University

2003 First Prize, Allied Arts of Yakima Poetry Contest

2002 Poems nominated for Pushcart Prize, by Mark Halperin

2001 Poems nominated for Pushcart Prize, by William Olsen

2000 Poem nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Ekphrasis

1996 QRL Book Award, International competition. Judge: Ted Weiss

1993 Book Award, Arrowood Books, Inc.

1988 Poem nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Tar River

1988 Poem nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Poetry

1987 Invited to be a guest writer at Yaddo in Saratoga
Springs, New York for the month of July.

1987 Winner, Bainbridge Island Arts Council Poetry
Contest (one of 12 chosen from 1500 poems)

1985 Book Award, Quarterly Review of Literature's
International Poetry Contest

1985 Finalist in Wesleyan's Contemporary Poetry Series

1984 Poem nominated for a Pushcart Prize,The Long Story

1982 First place in poetry contest sponsored bySun Dog
(Florida St. Univ.). Judge: Donald Hall

1982 Poem nominated for a Pushcart Prize,Sun Dog

1980 Third place in Western Gerontological Society's
third annual poetry contest.

1980 Finalist in poetry contest sponsored by Southern Poetry Review. Judge: William Stafford

1979 Honorable Mention, poetry contest sponsored by
The Academy of American Poets. Judge: Tess Gallagher

Publications

Books:
Fish Grooming and Other Stories, March Press, 2007
Accent On Meter, with Mark Halperin, NCTE, 2004
Getting Here (poetry), QRL, 1997
Winter Insomnia (poetry), Arrowood Books, Inc., 1993
Counting The Change (poetry), QRL, 1986

Poetry Chapbooks:
A Ring In Air, dPress, 2003
The Greatest Hits 1980-2001, Pudding-House, 2001
Aegean Dialogues, March Street Press, 1998

He has published poetry, essays, criticism, and stories in over sixty publications including the Alaska Quarterly Review, The Connecticut Review, Crab Creek Review, Hawaii Review, The Humanist, Kansas Quarterly, The Long Story, Poetry, Nebraska Review, Seattle Review, Southern Poetry Review, Tar River Review, and many others.

Internet Publications
Review of Adrianne Kalfopoulou's First Book
The Mini-MAG Jan 04
WSCTE
Quarterly Review of Literature Volume 36
The MAG summer 2004
Valparaiso Poetry Review Volume VIII, Number 2 Spring/Summer 2007

Back to Faculty English Home Curriculum Vitae Awards & Publications Joe		Joseph Powell Awards & Publications Awards 2006 Tom Pier Award, Allied Arts 2005 Artist Trust GAP Grant Award, $1,000 2004 Third Place, Allied Arts of Yakima Poetry Contest 2004 Phi Beta Kappa, Scholar of the Year Award, at Central Washington University 2003 First Prize, Allied Arts of Yakima Poetry Contest 2002 Poems nominated for Pushcart Prize, by Mark Halperin 2001 Poems nominated for Pushcart Prize, by William Olsen 2000 Poem nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Ekphrasis 1996 QRL Book Award, International competition. Judge: Ted Weiss 1993 Book Award, Arrowood Books, Inc. 1988 Poem nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Tar River 1988 Poem nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Poetry 1987 Invited to be a guest writer at Yaddo in Saratoga Springs, New York for the month of July. 1987 Winner, Bainbridge Island Arts Council Poetry Contest (one of 12 chosen from 1500 poems) 1985 Book Award, Quarterly Review of Literature's International Poetry Contest 1985 Finalist in Wesleyan's Contemporary Poetry Series 1984 Poem nominated for a Pushcart Prize,The Long Story 1982 First place in poetry contest sponsored bySun Dog (Florida St. Univ.). Judge: Donald Hall 1982 Poem nominated for a Pushcart Prize,Sun Dog 1980 Third place in Western Gerontological Society's third annual poetry contest. 1980 Finalist in poetry contest sponsored by Southern Poetry Review. Judge: William Stafford 1979 Honorable Mention, poetry contest sponsored by The Academy of American Poets. Judge: Tess Gallagher Publications Books: Fish Grooming and Other Stories, March Press, 2007 Accent On Meter, with Mark Halperin, NCTE, 2004 Getting Here (poetry), QRL, 1997 Winter Insomnia (poetry), Arrowood Books, Inc., 1993 Counting The Change (poetry), QRL, 1986 Poetry Chapbooks: A Ring In Air, dPress, 2003 The Greatest Hits 1980-2001, Pudding-House, 2001 Aegean Dialogues, March Street Press, 1998 He has published poetry, essays, criticism, and stories in over sixty publications including the Alaska Quarterly Review, The Connecticut Review, Crab Creek Review, Hawaii Review, The Humanist, Kansas Quarterly, The Long Story, Poetry, Nebraska Review, Seattle Review, Southern Poetry Review, Tar River Review, and many others. Internet Publications Review of Adrianne Kalfopoulou's First Book The Mini-MAG Jan 04 WSCTE Quarterly Review of Literature Volume 36 The MAG summer 2004 Valparaiso Poetry Review Volume VIII, Number 2 Spring/Summer 2007 Curriculum Vitae \| Awards & Publications \| Joe \| Top Of The Page
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Faculty: Joe Powell