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MICHELLE MONCAYO  

moncayomichelle.ucraft.net / moncayomichelleartist@gmail.com / 201.279.8662

 

SELECTED AWARDS, RESIDENCIES, AND HONORS  

2019      SPACE on Ryder Farm Creative Residency. Brewster, NY.  

2019      Lukas Rivera Amani Fellowshi. Vermont Studio Center Writing Residency. Johnson, VT.

2018      Sundress Academy for the Arts Writer’s Coop Residency. Knoxville, TN.

2018      CantoMundo Poetry Fellowship. Columbia University, NYC. (Faculty: Ada Limón & Daniel Borzutzky).

2017      CantoMundo Poetry Fellowship. Columbia University, NYC. (Rigoberto González, Rosa Alcalá).

2017      Signal Fire Arts Foundation: Poetry Fellowship. Chiricahua Mountains, AZ.  

2016      Best of the Net Anthology Nomination: “virginia” via Kweli Literary Journal.  

2015      VONA/Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation: Poetry Fellowship. University of Miami. FL. (Faculty: Willie Perdomdo).  

2015      Academy of American Poets University & College Prize: Second Place. Rutgers University

2015      Rutgers University Evelyn Hamilton Award: Second Place. Rutgers University.

2015      John P. Noon Memorial Scholarship: Creative Writing. Rutgers University.

 

PUBLISHED POETRY

2019      No Tender Fences: An Anthology of Immigrant & First-Generation American Poetry. “Origin”, “the man, the stones and the river. 
               Edited by Marina Carreira, Carla Ferreira, Kim Sousa. Online.  

2019      Space on Ryder Farm CSA Art Share. “Este Poema”. Print.  

2019      Ninth Letter. “esta navidad”.  Print.  

2018      The Plath Poetry Project. “Figs in February”. Online.  

2017      The Acentos Review. “the man, the stones, and the river”, “inheritance”, & “river pasillo”. Online.

2017      Winter Tangerine Review. “Origin”. Online.  

2015      Kweli Literary Journal. “virginia”. Online.  

2015      Best Indie Lit New England: Volume II. “Elizabeth, New Jersey”. Edited by Thomas A. Dodson. ISBN: 978-0692415146. 
                  Print. 

2015      Maps for Teeth. “Elizabeth, New Jersey”. Online.  

 

FEATURED READINGS, PRESENTATIONS, AND EXPERIENCE

2019      SPACE on Ryder Farm Artist Presentation. Brewster, NY.

2019      BOAAT Literary Journal Poetry Reader.  

2019      Vermont Studio Center Resident Presentation. Johnson, VT.

2019      Don’t Touch My Hair Reading Series. Featured Reader. Word Up Books, NYC.

2018      Everyday We Get More Illegal: Presented by Emotive Fruition & Cantomundo. NYC

2018      Brick City Collective Monthly Reading Series: Featured Reader. Newark, NJ.

2018      Poets for Puerto Rico. Newark, NJ.  

2018      CantoMundo Poetry Reading. Columbia University, NYC.

2017      CantoMundo Poetry Reading. Barnard College. NYC.  

2015      "Un Día Fuiste, Un Día Serás, Este Día Eres" Thesis Reading. Rutgers University.  

2015       Creativity Showcase. Rutgers University, NJ.

2014       Creativity Showcase. Rutgers University, NJ.

 

WORKSHOPS

2019       Winter Tangerine Summer Workshop. “We Sweat Honeysuckle.” Online.  

2019       Winter Tangerine Summer Workshop. “Orchids Without Attached Thighs.” Online.  

2019       Live to Write: The Speakeasy Project. Online.

2018       Las Dos Brujas Writers’ Workshop. Poetry with Chris Abani. San Francisco, CA.  

2016       Winter Tangerine Review Summer Workshop. Online.  

 

EDUCATION

2015       B.A. in English Literature – Creative Writing Concentration. Douglass Residential College. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.  

                  Senior Creative Poetry Thesis: Un Día Fuiste, Un Día Serás, Este Día Eres.

                  Thesis Committee: Mark Doty (chair), Susan L. Miller, Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel

 

Contact Information

Michelle Moncayo

moncayomichelleartist@gmail.com

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