Kate
Buckley, a ninth-generation Kentuckian, was educated
at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, and
the University of Kentucky. She is currently an MFA
candidate at Spalding University in Louisville, and
has served as the Executive Vice President of Castello
Cities Internet Network (CCIN)
since 1998.
Kate's poems have appeared in variety
of journals including: Bellingham Review, The Cafe
Review, The Heartland Review, New Southerner, North
American Review, Shenandoah, Slipstream and Spillway,
and in the anthologies: Tide Pools, an Anthology
of Orange County Poetry (Moon Tide Press, 2007)
and Verseweavers (Oregon State Poetry Association,
2008). She is the author of A
Wild Region (Moon Tide Press, 2008) and
Follow Me Down
(Tebot Bach, 2009).
Recent honors & awards include: 2007 Gabehart Prize
for Imaginative Writing for poetry, 2008 Joy Bale Boone
Poetry Prize (2nd place & finalist), 2008 Bellingham
Review's The 49th Parallel Award in Poetry (Runner
Up), 2008 New Southerner Literary Contest (finalist),
2008 Atlanta Review's International Poetry Competition
(finalist), and the 2008 North American Review's
James Hearst Poetry Prize, selected by Molly Peacock.
Kate is also a two time Pushcart Prize nominee (2009
and 2010) and was shortlisted for the Ruskin Poetry
Award from Red Hen Press (2008).
Kate is the co-facilitator of Laguna
Poets, founder of Women Poets of Laguna, and conducts
workshops in and around Laguna Beach, including workshops
for the Orange County Writers Group. She is also available
for one-on-one poetry mentoring. Kate has volunteered
extensively, including working with young readers at
the Laguna Beach Boys and Girls Club. Most recently,
she served as poet of occasion at the
2009 Laguna Beach Presidential Inaugural Gala and judge
for the 11th Annual Laguna Beach Library Poetry Contest.
She is also an accomplished artist whose paintings
have been published in journals such as The Adirondack
Review and New Southerner, and purchased
by such entities as The American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants (Board of Directors Invitation, 2005),
as well as privately collected. Her paintings
are available for purchase; she occasionally accepts
commissions. She lives in Laguna Beach, California with
her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Murphy.
