

Kimberly Ann Priest
Author & Educator
Poetry & Prose
POEMS published in Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska), Poetry Wales, Copper Nickel (University of Denver), Ruminate, The Laurel Review (Northwest Missouri State University), The Meadow (Truckee Meadows Community College), Beloit Poetry Journal, The Berkeley Poetry Review (University of California), RHINO, Midwest Quarterly (Pittsburgh State University), North Dakota Quarterly (University of North Dakota), Salamander (Suffolk University), Permafrost (University of Alaska), Relief (Taylor University), Sierra Nevada Review (University of Nevada), Welter (University of Baltimore), Moon City Review (Missouri State University), Natural Bridge (University of Missouri), Stonecoast Review (University of Southern Maine), Birmingham Poetry Review (University of Alabama, Birmingham), EcoTheo, and others. FICTION, NONFICTION, and LYRIC ESSAYS published in The Journal of Poetry Therapy (National Association of Poetry Therapy), South Dakota Review (University of South Dakota), Rock & Sling (Whitworth University), Relief (Taylor University), Jet Fuel Review (Lewis University), and Welter (University of Baltimore), and others.
Contest Winners & Finalists:
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"Ecofeminism," Charlie Simic Award finalist, Hole in the Head Review, 2024
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“Rage Aria,” 2023 Adrienne Rich Prize semi-finalist, Beloit Poetry Journal, 2023
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“Practice,” 2019 Heartland Poetry Prize winner, New Poetry from the Midwest, anthology, New American Press, 2020.
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“Record of Wrongs,” contest winner, Women Under Scrutiny: An Anthology of Truths, Essay, Poems, Stories, and Art, Brooklyn Girls Books, 2020.
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“The Sturgeon Under the Snow,” contest finalist, McCabe Poetry Prize, Ruminate Magazine, 2015.
Nominations:
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"Joseph Cotton [as Cameron] [or to the Cis-White Men Who Try to Trauma-Bond with Me]," pushcart prize, The Laurel Review, 2023.
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“Elegy for My Daughter Who Has Never Known a Paradise,” pushcart prize, Glass Lyre Press, 2022.
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“In Anticipation of My Husband’s Reply,” Best Small Fictions, Jet Fuel Review, 2022.
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“The World is Whatever We Choose to Make It,” pushcart prize, About Place Journal, 2020.
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“my pedophile is obsessed with details,” "my pedophile requires attention,” and "my pedophile experiments with genders," pushcart prize, The New Delta Review, 2019
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“This is Not My First Flat Earth Poem,” pushcart prize, The Meadow, 2019.
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“In the Grass,” The Whale Review, pushcart prize, 2018.
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“My Friend Believes She Wishes a Miscarriage into Reality,” pushcart prize, Gival Press, 2017.
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“Old Fashioned Woman,” pushcart prize, The Meadow, 2017.
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Features​
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"Protections," Environmental and Nature Writing: A Writer's Guide and Anthology, second edition, Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025
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"Trailer House," Verse Daily, 2023
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"Trailer House," Poetry Daily, 2022

