Poet of the Week, Sept 5-12

Finalist, Robert Graves Award, Imago Poetry(12/04)

Admonition in Rock Salt Plum nominated for a Pushcart Prize(12/04)

Sometimes, Mary wins second place in the Outrider Press Awards and will appear in the anthology Things That Go Bump in The Night.(6/04)

Almanac, my full-length collection, named finalist in the Gival Press Poetry Award Competition.
(4/04)

Room 118. Arizona wins Honorable Mention in
Chicago Poetry.com's Frieda Stein Fenster Competition.(4/04)

Cape Fear in Erosha: A Journal of Literary Erotica(2003) also nominated for a Pushcart Prize. (12/03)

After the Flood in Stirring (2003) chosen for a Pushcart Prize nomination.(10/03)

Bowen selected to serve as the judge for Poem Kingdom's Vie Via Verse Competition.(6/03)

Manuscript of Bloody Mary designated Honorable Mention in the Edda Poetry Chapbook Competition Sponsored by the Sarasota Poetry Theatre Press.(3/03)

Hydrangeas, which appeared in Moon Journal, nominated for an Illinois Arts Council Literary Award.(12/02)

Eighth Annual Poetry Center of Chicago Juried Reading, 3rd Place Winner
(4/02)