Nancy K. Pearson is an American poet. She is author of Two Minutes of Light (Perugia Press, 2008), and has had her poems published in many literary journals and magazines including The Iowa Review, Black Warrior Review, Indiana Review, and Hayden’s Ferry Review. Her honors include winning the Perugia Press Prize, the L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award and fellowships at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. Pearson grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and received her B.A. from University of Virginia and her M.F.A. from George Mason University. She now lives on Cape Cod, MA, with her partner.[1][2][3]
• 2010 Wabash Poetry Prize, Sycamore Review • 2010 Sonora Review Poetry Prize • 2010 Spoon River Poetry Review, Editor’s Prize • 2010 Tusculum Review Poetry Prize • 2010 Anderbo Poetry Award • 2010 Massachusetts Cultural Council, Finalist Grantee • 2009 L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award for Two Minutes of Light • 9th Annual Massachusetts Book Awards, “Must Read Book” 2009 for Two Minutes of Light • Lambda Literary Award finalist • 2008 Perugia Press Prize for a First or Second Book of Poems and publication of Two Minutes of Light • 2008 Dorothy Sargent Memorial Award • 2008 Astraea Writers Fund, Honorable Mention Grantee • 2008 Key West Literary Seminar, Scotti Merrill Scholarship • 2008 Pushcart Prize Nominee • 2008 Cultural Center of Cape Cod Poetry Prize • 2007-2008 Fine Arts Work Center, Second Year Seven-Month Fellowship, Provincetown • 2006-2007 Fine Arts Work Center, Seven-Month Fellowship, Provincetown, MA • 2007 Iowa Review Poetry Award, second place • 2006 Whiskey Island Review Poetry Prize
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