Elyse Fenton

Education

Reed College; University of Oregon.

Career

Fenton is the author of the poetry collection Clamor (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2010) which was selected for the 2009 Cleveland State University Poetry Center First Book Prize by Doctorate. A. Powell. She was recipient of the 2008 Pablo Neruda Award from the Nimrod International Literary Journal. Fenton’s poetry and nonfiction have appeared in numerous publications including The Iowa Review, The Massachusetts Review, and The New York Times.

She was featured in Poetry Society of America"s New American Poets 2011 selected by Rachel Zucker.

Fenton received her Bachelor of Arts from Reed College and her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Oregon.

Achievements

• Fenton’s Clamor also received the 2010 University of Wales Dylan Thomas Prize and the 2011 Bob Bush Memorial Award for First Book of Poetry from the Texas Institute of Letters.