Biography

 

Clare L. Martin’s debut collection of poetry, Eating the Heart First, was published in 2012 by Press 53. Martin’s poetry has appeared in Avatar Review, Blue Fifth Review, Thrush Poetry Journal, Melusine, Poets and Artists, and Louisiana Literature, among others. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Dzanc Books’ Best of the Web, Best New Poets, and Sundress Publication’s Best of the Net. Martin is Founding Publisher and Editor of MockingHeart Review. She is a lifelong resident of Louisiana.

 

Her second collection is Seek the Holy Dark published by Yellow Flag Press in 2017.

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Also By This Poet

• Flood (Swan Scythe Press, 2013)

• Notes to a Husband (Imaginary Friend Press, 2013)

• Lancelot (Lazy Mouse Press, 2013)

• Night Fishing (Yellow Flag Press, 2011)

• 28 Blackbirds at the End of the World (Bandersnatch Books, 2010)

• Aubade (Yellow Flag Press, 2009)

• Counting Dust Devils: Early Season (Yellow Flag Press, 2009)

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Awards

 

• Winner, 2013 Swan Scythe Press Chapbook Award

• Semi-Finalist, 2013 Discovery/Boston Review Poetry Contest

• Best of the Net Nomination, “The Hard Lines of Our Bodies” (Trigger - #2, 2012)

• Best of the Net Nomination, “Rayville, LA, 1927” (Trigger - #1, 2011)

• Finalist, Standing Rock Chapbook Contest, 2012

• Rhysling Award Nomination, "28 Blackbirds at the End of the World," 2008

• James Award Nomination, "Rhyme In Haiku," 2006

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2010 - present

2010 - present