Caitlin Johnson
Writer
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Creative Writing
St. Andrews Presbyterian College, 2008
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing
Lesley University, 2012
Books
HELL
Luchador Press, 2025
Delta
Stubborn Mule Press, 2022
WAR/La Guerre
Self-published, 2020
Gods in the Wilderness
Pink.Girl.Ink, 2017
Boomerang Girl
Tiger’s Eye Press, 2016
Miles
St. Andrews College Press, 2008
Awards and Honors
January 2020
Semi-finalist, 2019 Hillary Gravendyk Prize (for full-length manuscript Delta)
Fall 2019
Honorable Mention, Non-Rhyming Poetry category, Writer’s Digest Annual Writing Competition (for poems “Dirty Old Man” and “Odyssea”)
Winter 2017
20th Place, Writer’s Digest 10th Annual Poetry Awards (for poem “Cu (29)”)
Summer 2016
Honorable Mention, Non-Rhyming Poetry category, Writer’s Digest Annual Writing Competition (for poem “Falsies”)
Fall 2015
Nominee, Best of the Net Anthology, Sundress Publications (for poem “Tierra”)
Fall 2014
Finalist, 2014 Susan K. Collins/Mississippi Valley Chapbook Contest, Midwest Writing Center (for chapbook manuscript Boomerang Girl)
Fall 2014
Winner, 2014 Tiger’s Eye Press Chapbook Contest (for chapbook manuscript Boomerang Girl, published 2015)
Summer 2014
Semi-finalist, 2015 Mary Ballard Poetry Prize, Casey Shay Press (for chapbook manuscript Boomerang Girl)
Spring 2012
Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet Series Student Poet (Central Region), North Carolina Poetry Society
Spring 2008
Recipient, Alan Bunn Memorial Chapbook Award, St. Andrews Presbyterian College (for manuscript Miles, published 2008)
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