Patrice Melnick
Biography
Patrice Melnick has published two memoirs: Contraband Po-boy: from Diagnosis Back to Life (Catalyst Book Press) and Turning Up the Volume (Xavier Press). Her writing appears in New Orleans: What Can’t Be Lost (UL Press) and in many literary journals. Melnick is the director of The Festival of Words, which promotes the literary arts in rural Louisiana communities.
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Also By This Poet
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Flood (Swan Scythe Press, 2013)
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Notes to a Husband (Imaginary Friend Press, 2013)
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Lancelot (Lazy Mouse Press, 2013)
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Night Fishing (Yellow Flag Press, 2011)
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28 Blackbirds at the End of the World (Bandersnatch Books, 2010)
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Aubade (Yellow Flag Press, 2009)
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Counting Dust Devils: Early Season (Yellow Flag Press, 2009)
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Awards
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Winner, 2013 Swan Scythe Press Chapbook Award
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Semi-Finalist, 2013 Discovery/Boston Review Poetry Contest
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Best of the Net Nomination, “The Hard Lines of Our Bodies” (Trigger - #2, 2012)
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Best of the Net Nomination, “Rayville, LA, 1927” (Trigger - #1, 2011)
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Finalist, Standing Rock Chapbook Contest, 2012
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Rhysling Award Nomination, "28 Blackbirds at the End of the World," 2008
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James Award Nomination, "Rhyme In Haiku," 2006
2010 - present
2010 - present