Bio
Connie Post is a San Francisco Bay Area Poet who has been writing and publishing for over thirty years. Her work has received praise from Al Young, Ursula LeGuin, Ellen Bass, Maxine Chernoff, Dean Rader, Diane Suess, and former US Poet Laureate Juan Herrera.
Her most recent full-length collection “Between Twilight” was published by New York Quarterly books in 2023. It was named a finalist in the Best Book Awards.
Her most recent chapbook, “Broken Metronome” was published by Glass Lyre Press in 2023. It has earned multiple awards. It was winner of the 2023 American Fiction Awards (American Book Fest) for a poetry chapbook. It was a finalist in the American Legacy Awards, the Best Book Awards, and the Eric Hoffer Awards. It was also named a distinguished favorite in the NYC Big Book Awards and the Independent Press Awards.
Her first full length collection “Floodwater” was the winner of the 2014 Lyrebird Award from Glass Lyre Press.
Her second full length collection “Prime Meridian” was released in January of 2020. (Glass Lyre Press). Prime Meridian was a finalist in the 2020 Best Book Awards, 2021 International Book Awards and the 2020 American Fiction Awards. (American Book Fest). Prime Meridian was selected as a distinguished favorite in the 2022 Independent Press Awards.
She has two earlier chapbooks from Finishing Line Press. “Trip Wires” was published in 2010. “And When the Sun Drops” was published in 2012 and was the Aurorean Editor’s chapbook selection for Fall.
ANTHOLOGIES
Connie’s poems have been widely anthologized, as listed below
Alongside we Travel, Contemporary Poets on Autism 2019 ( NYQ books)
Braving the Body by Small Harbor Publishing
Aeolian Harp Series Volume 7 – Glass Lyre Press – edited by Megan Merchant
California Fire and Water – Edited by Molly Fisk
Collateral Damage – Pirene’s Fountain
Carrying the Branch – Pirene’s Fountain
Paws Healing the Earth- Edited by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
Truth to Power – Cutthroat -A journal of the Arts
Poets with Masks on – A Pandemic Anthology 2022 - edited by Melanie Simms
Marin Poetry Center Anthology 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2020
When the Muse Calls – Poems for the Creative Life (edited by Kathryn Ridall)
A Bird Black As the Sun: California Poets on Crows and Ravens – “80 Poets of the Golden State Hold Forth on the Theme of Crows and Ravens” Published by Green Poets Press
Short Listed for the following:
Second Place in the 2011 Jack Kerouac Poetry Contest, Third place in the 2015 Jack Kerouac Poetry Contest
Finalist in the 2008 Lois Cranston Memorial Prize – Calyx
Finalist and or Special Merit Award Winner in the Comstock Review Muriel Craft Bailey Awards; 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2015, 2021
Honorable Mention in the Comstock Review Muriel Craft Bailey Awards 2023
Third Prize in the Bloodroot Literary Awards 2013
Finalist, 2014 I 70 Review Gary Gildner Award
Finalist in the 2020 and 2022 Cutthroat Magazine Joy Harjo Poetry Contest
Finalist in the 2021 Sweet Lit Contest
Connie’s poems have received multiple Pushcart and Best of the Net Nominations