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updated: 09/10/05

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Leslie Anne Mcilroy
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New Poetry Samples, 2005

Leslie Anne Mcilroy is the author of two award-winning collections of poetry:
Rare Space, Word Press, July, 2001 and Gravel, Slipstream Press, 1997.

Poetry Samples from Gravel

Poetry Samples from Rare Space

POETRY AWARDS:
Finalist, Swink Literary Awards, 2004 for “Full Price”
Finalist, Nimrod International Journal of Prose & Poetry, Paublo Neruda Award, 2004
Finalist, Pavement Saw Press Chapbook Competition, Mouth Noise, 2004
Finalist, Mississippi Review, 2001 for “Big Brain”
Nominated, Pushcart Prize, "In the Third Decade of Desire," Potpourri Magazine, 2001
Winner, Word Press Poetry Prize, 2001 for Rare Space, READ REVIEW
Finalist, Paumanock Poetry Award Contest, 2000
Finalist, Mississippi Review, 2000 for poem "Big Brain"
Finalist, New Issues Press, 1999 for manuscript Rare Space
Finalist, Wisconsin Press Poetry Series, 1998 for manuscript Rare Space
Finalist, Emily Dickinson Award in Poetry, 1998
Winner, Slipstream Chapbook Competition, 1997 for Gravel
Winner, Another Chicago Magazine, Chicago Literary Awards, 1997
Second Place, National Poet Hunt,The MacGuffin, Schoolcraft College, Livonia, MI, 1996
Honorable Mention, Eclectic Literary Forum Poetry Competition, NY, 1996.
International Merit Award, Atlanta Review International Poetry Competition, 1996


POETRY PUBLICATIONS:
“In Her Mind, She’s Already Quit,” Commonwealth: Contemporary Poets
on Pennsylvania, forthcoming 2005
“Rehearsal/Scraps,” “One Blue Second” and “Scars,” Word Journal, forthcoming, 2005
“Big Guns” & “I am Light,” Nimrod International Journal of Prose & Poetry, 2004
“Again” & “Something with Some Gimme To It,” forthcoming, Pavement Saw, 2004
“I’m Not Exactly Sure What I’m Bleeding From” “Thirsty,” Carnegie Mellon Review, 2004
“Deliverance,” Pittsburgh City Paper, 2003
“All or Nothing,” Body Language: A Head-to-Toe Anthology, 2003
“Wasted Light” & “Dancing with Billy Collins,” Larger than Life, Black Moss Press, 2002
“Solstice,” In Our Own Words, Volume 4, 2002
“White Girl Hearing Basketball” & “Why Bother,” Red Brick Review, 2002
“In Between” & “Interiors,” Potpourri, 2002
Featured Poet, www.poetrymagazine.com, July/August 2001
Featured Poet, www.potpourri.org, July 2001
Rare Space, Word Press, July, 2001, www.word-press.com
"In Between" & "Interiors," Potpourri, 2001, forthcoming
"Glimmer" & "This Stone I am Throwing is Love," Harpweaver, 2001
"White Girl Hearing Basketball" & "Why Bother," Red Brick Review, 2001, forthcoming
"Pittsburgh Potholes," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2001
"Big Brian," Mississippi Review, 2001
"Mouth Noise," Pittsburgh City Paper, 2000
"If You Can’t See My Mirrors, I Can’t See You" & "How to Change a Flat," Henry’s Creature: Poems and Stories About the Automobile, Black Moss Press, 2000
"Good-Bye Valentine," "How to Change a Flat," & "Siesta,"
American Poetry: The Next Generation, Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2000
"Love Isn’t Enough," Emily Dickinson Award Anthology, 1998
"Choking on Eggshells," The Pittsburgh Quarterly On-Line, 1998
"Sins," The Ledge, 1998
"House Sitting" and "What it Might Look Like," Main St. Rag, 1998
"Silent Night," The Literary Network, 1997
Gravel (chapbook), Slipstream Press, 1997
"Good-Bye Valentine," Another Chicago Magazine, 1997
"Behind the Irises" & "How to Change a Flat," The MacGuffin, 1996
"Ten Years in the Cage," The Pittsburgh, Post-Gazette, 1996
"October," Eclectic Literary Forum, 1996
"Debts," The Pittsburgh Quarterly, 1994
"1965," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1994
"Siesta" & "Gravel," The Pittsburgh Quarterly, 1994


POETRY ACTIVITIES:
Founder & Co-Instructor of Pittsburgh's Poet's Studio—
Writing Workshops for Women—2003-PRESENT
Poetry Instructor, Emerging Voices, University of Pittsburgh Informal Program, 2002-PRESENT
Instructor, Poets-In-Person, Pittsburgh International Poetry Forum, 1998-PRESENT
Poetry Editor, HEArt — Human Equity Through Art, 1997-2002
Columnist, political poetry review, The New People, 2000-2001

NOTABLE READINGS:
Gist Street Reading Series, Pittsburgh, PA, August, 2004
Performance Poetry with Sporadic, various venues, Pittsburgh, PA, 1999-2003
Laughing Hermit Reading Series, Kelly Writers' House, Philadelphia, PA, November, 2001
Behrend College, Erie, PA, September, 2001
"Spaces Revealed," Book Launching for Rare Space, Gallerie Chiz, Pittsburgh, PA, July 2001
Carnegie Museum International, Pittsburgh, PA 2000
International Poetry Forum, Poets at High Noon, Pittsburgh, PA 1998
Niagara Falls Community College, Niagara Falls, NY, 1997
Acorn/Livesay Poetry Festival, Toronto, Canada, 1997
Gravel Chapbook Premiere, City Books, Pittsburgh, PA, 1997
Prosody, WYEP Radio, Pittsburgh, PA, 1995 & 2000


OTHER AWARDS:
Selected as one of "40 Under 40" Leaders, Pittsburgh Magazine, 1999
Selected as one of "Others to Watch," Pittsburgh Magazine annual arts awards, 1998.