Kate Buckley: Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION
M.F.A. in Creative Writing, Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky
B.A. in Advertising/Public Relations, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

BOOKS
Follow Me Down (Poems) Tebot Bach, 2009
A Wild Region: Poems & Paintings Moon Tide Press, 2008

PRIZES & AWARDS
2010 International Poetry Competition, Atlanta Review (Finalist)
2009 Pushcart Prize Nomination, Shenandoah
2009 Pushcart Prize Nomination, New Southerner
2008 James Hearst Poetry Prize, North American Review (First Prize)
2008 The 49th Parallel Award in Poetry, Bellingham Review (Runner Up)
2008 Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize, The Heartland Review (Finalist & 2nd Place)
2008 New Southerner Literary Contest (Hon. Mention)
2008 International Poetry Competition, Atlanta Review (Finalist)
2008 Oregon State Poetry Association Contest (3rd Place)
2008, Green River Writers Contest (2nd Place)
2008 Midwest Book Review Selection (A Wild Region)
2008 Pushcart Prize Nomination, Moon Tide Press
2007 Gabehart Prize for Imaginative Writing, Kentucky Women Writers Conference (First Prize, Poetry)
2007 Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize, The Heartland Review (Finalist)
2000 The Desert Post Weekly Poetry Contest (2nd Place & Hon. Mention)

ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS: POETRY ANTHOLOGIES
Ugly Mug Anthology, Steve Ramirez and Ben Trigg, eds., Tebot Bach (2011)
Pop Art: An Anthology of Southern California Poetry, Michael Miller, ed., Moon Tide Press (2010) (Foreword, Gabriella Miotto: "Kate Buckley on Gabriella Miotta")
The 2008-09 New Southerner Anthology, Bobbi Buchanan, ed., Swallowtail Press (2009)
Verseweavers Anthology, The Oregon State Poetry Association (2008)
Tide Pools: An Anthology of Orange County Poetry, Lee Mallory, Ricki Mandeville, and Michael Miller, eds., Moon Tide Press (2006)

MAGAZINES & JOURNALS
2nd & Church, Q2 (2012)
Silk Road Review, Volume 6, Issue 1 (2011)
34thParallel, Issue 10 (April 2010)
Chaparrel (Fall/Winter 2009)
Shenandoah (Fall/Winter 2009)
poeticdiversity: the litzine of Los Angeles (Online) (August 2009)
Chickenpinata, a journal of poetry, Issue 3 (Online) (July 2009)
Bellingham Review (Spring 2009)
Accents—A Radio Show for Literature, Art and Culture (Broadcast April 2009)
The Cafe Review (Fall 2008)
North American Review (March - April 2008)
The Other Voices International Project, Volume 34 (Online) (2008)
The Heartland Review 10th Anniversary Issue (2008)
Spillway, Number 13 (Nov. 2007)
The Adirondack Review (Online) (Summer 2007)
New Southerner, Volume 2, Issue 3 (Online) (June/July 2006)
Slipstream # 26 (Spring 2006)
The Blue Mouse, Vol 6, No. 1 (Summer 2004)
The Heartland Review (Spring 2004; Summer 2007)
Circle Magazine, Vol. 7, Issue 1 (Winter 2002/2003)
Poetry Super Highway (Online) (Sept. 2002)
The Absinthe Review (Online) Spring 2002)
The Steel Point Quarterly, Vol. 1, Issue V (Online) (Fall 2001)
Poetic Voices, Vol. V, Issue V (Online) (Fall 2001)
Free Verse Poetry Journal, Volume 2, Issue 14 (Online) (August 2001)
Poetic License News, Volume 5 Issue 31(Online) (July 2001)
W3PX Poetry Exchange (Online) (2000)
The Desert Post Weekly (Spring 2000)

ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS
2nd & Church, Q2 2012: Feature on Tennessee's Poetry Laureate, Maggi Vaughn
Couplets: A Multi-Author Poetry Blog Tour (http://www.joannemerriam.com/2012/04/19/i-tend-to-approach-poems-as-puzzles/): "I Tend to Approach Poems as Puzzles" (Interview with Joanne Merriam, April 19, 2012)
Soaring, the newsletter for Spalding University's MFA Alumni: "An Interview with Kate Buckley on Public Readings" (Interview with Ashley-Rose Sullivan, Fall 2011)
Williamson Social Magazine: “Due South” (an ongoing column, August 2011 – present)
Pop Art: An Anthology of Southern California Poetry, ed. Michael Miller (Moon Tide Press, 2010): Foreword to Gabriella Miotto’s Work, “Kate Buckley on Gabriella Miotto”
How a Poem Happens (http://howapoemhappens.blogspot.com/2010/06/kate-buckley.html): "Contemporary Poets Discuss the Making of Poems" (Interview with Brian Brodeur, June 3, 2010)
New Southerner: “Ties to ‘A Wild Region’” (Interview with Cecilia Woloch, December 2008)
----. “On the Art of Kate Buckley: Exploring the Interplay of Paintings & Poems” (Interview with Cecilia Woloch, December 2008)

LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS & TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Past & Ongoing Workshop Instruction: Laguna Poets Workshop (Co-facilitator)
Women Poets of Laguna (Founder/Facilitator)
Orange County Writers Group (Presenter/Instructor)
Private Workshops/Mentoring
Summer 2011 Lecturer, Sunset Poets (San Diego, CA)
Spring 2010 Lecturer, Spalding University MFA Program (Louisville, KY): “Exploring the Poetry of Kate Light”
Spring 2010 Lecturer, Spalding University MFA Program (Louisville, KY): “The Pantoum: The Warp & Weft of Feeling”
Spring 2010 Lecturer, Ventura County Writers Group (Thousand Oaks, CA): “Conceived in Fire, Written in Ice: Form as a Way in Which to Create Necessary Distance from Emotional Subject Matter”
Spring, 2009 Instructor, Orange County Imagination Celebration (Laguna Beach, CA): “Exploring Poetry with Kate Buckley”

FEATURED READINGS/PERFORMANCES (Partial Listing)
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, August 2011
Moon Tide Press presents Poetry at the Great Park, Irvine, CA, August 2011
Beyond Baroque (with Victoria Chang and Sarah Maclay), Los Angeles, CA, July 2011
Sunset Poets at the Vista Library, San Diego, CA, July, 2011
The Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY, October 2010
The Moe Green Poetry Hour, Los Angeles, CA, September 2010
Indelible Ink, Pasadena, CA (with Jerry Quickley), July 2010
Skylight Books, Los Angeles, CA, June 2010
Spalding University MFA Graduation Reading, Louisville, KY, May 2010
Ventura County Writers Club, Thousand Oaks, CA, April 2010
Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Lexington, KY, April 2010; May 2008
Holler Poets Series, Lexington, KY, March 2010
Barnes & Noble Poetry Series, San Diego, CA (with Molly Fisk), March 2010
The Ruskin Art Club, Los Angeles, CA, (with Michael Miller, Carroll Kearley, Marcia Cohee and Jeanette Clough), Dec. 2009
Palm Springs Public Library, Palm Springs, CA, Dec. 2009
Factory Readings at the Gypsy Den, Santa Ana, CA, Dec. 2009; Feb. 2009; Aug. 2008; April 2008; July 2006; June 2006
The Ugly Mug Caffé, Orange, CA, Nov. 2009; Nov. 2008; May 2008; Oct. 2007; May 2006; April 2006
The Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA (with Cecilia Woloch), Oct. 2009; April 2008
“Accents—A Radio Show for Literature, Art and Culture” (WRFL/Radio Free Lexington) Oct. 2009
Marc Whitney Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, Oct. 2009
Laguna Beach Books, Laguna Beach, CA, Sept. 2009; May 2008
Golden West College Community, Laguna Beach, CA (Tebot Bach series: assorted readings with
Catharine Clarke-Sayles, Brendan Constantine, Donna Hilbert, Gerald Locklin, Sam
Pereira, David St. John & Carine Topal), Sept. 2009; May 2008; April 2008; Jan. 2006
Redondo Poets, Redondo Beach, CA, Sept. 2009; July 2008
Moorpark College, Moorpark, CA, Aug. 2009
Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA (with Holly Prado, Cathie Sandstrom, Larry Colker, Judith Pacht & others), April 2009
Orange County Inauguration Celebration, Laguna Beach, CA, Jan. 2009
Cobalt Poets at the Cobalt Café, Los Angeles, CA, Sept. 2008
Laguna Beach Library, Laguna Beach, CA, July 2008
Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning, Lexington, KY, May 2008
“Tonic: An Arts & Music Magazine with a Twist” (WUKY/NPR) May 2008
Carmichael’s Bookstore, Louisville, KY, May 2008
Laguna Niguel Library, Laguna Niguel CA, May 2008
Latitude 33 Bookshop, Laguna Beach, CA, April 2008
Orange County Writers Group, Irvine, CA, April 2008; Nov. 2007
Central Lexington Public Library, Kentucky Women Writers Conference, Lexington, KY
(Gabehart Prize Winners Reading), Sept. 2007
BC Space Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, June 2007
Poetry at Alta, Newport Beach, CA, June 2007; Jan. 2007
Orange County Poetry Festival, Orange County, CA, May 2007; May 2006
Poetry at The Neighborhood Cup, Laguna Hills, CA, July 2006

BOARDS, PANELS & COMMUNITY SERVICE
Ventura County Writers Club Poetry Contest, Judge, 2011
Poetry Out Loud in conjunction with the NEA and the Poetry Foundation, Judge, 2011
Poet of Occasion for the Orange County Inauguration Celebration, 2009
Invited author & panelist, Southern Kentucky Book Fest, 2009
Laguna Beach Public Library Poetry Contest, Judge, 2009
Invited author, Kentucky Book Fair, 2008
Literacy volunteer, Laguna Beach Boys & Girls Club, 2007 – 2008
Benefit for Help Blue Water, Laguna Beach, 2007
Benefit for Derrick Brown, Orange County, CA, 2007
Invited author, Palm Springs Book Fest, 2006

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
The Louisville Review, Editorial Assistant, 2008-09

ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT
1998-present Castello Cities Internet Network: Executive Vice President; Director of
Marketing/Client Services
2000-present HolisticGourmet.com: Founder & Consultant
1998 Kiner/Goodsell Advertising; Account Executive/Copywriter
1997-1998 Saybrook Advertising Agency: Director of Marketing/Copywriter
1997 Grey Advertising: Creative Assistant to V.P. Creative Director

CONTINUING EDUCATION & WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
Mark Doty Workshop at the Ruskin, Los Angeles, CA, 2010
Laguna Poets Workshop, Laguna Beach, CA, 2006-present
Idyllwild Poetry Festival, Idyllwild, CA (with Marie Howe & Richard Garcia) 2007 & 2008
Palm Beach Poetry Festival, Del Rey, FL (with Sharon Olds), 2007
Saddleback Community College (continuing Spanish language studies), 2006
AMA Public Speaking Course (successfully completed with instructor commendations), 1998

REFERENCES
Michael Miller
Publisher, Moon Tide Press
Contact information provided upon request

Professor Molly Peacock
Contact information provided upon request

Professor Jeanie Thompson
Executive Director, The Alabama Writers' Forum, a partnership program of the Alabama State Council on the Arts; Poetry Faculty, Spalding University MFA in Writing Program
Contact information provided upon request