Michelle Bitting                                                Poet

                                                                                               

820 Bienveneda Avenue
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
ph: 310-454-5478
fax: 310-454-5478
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Featured Poet in Perigree Magazine, Summer 2008

Three sonnets from the Aberfan series to be published in Narrative Magazine in 2008.

Two sonnets from the Aberfan series chosen as semi-finalists for the Pablo Neruda Prize, 2008.

Nominated for a 2008 Pushcart Prize.

Selected poems to appear in upcoming 2008 publications:

Mudfish (poetry prize finalist)

Narrative Magazine

Many Mountains Moving

Pebble Lake Review

Nimrod

The Valparaiso Review

The Pedestal Magazine

Long Island Quarterly

 

Named "Poet of Distinction" by the Florence Poets Society for the poem "Newman's Own" to be published in Silkworm, 2007.

My poem "The Exterminator's Wife" on Valparaiso Poetry Review is nominated for "Best of the Net" 2007.
Finishing Line Press published my chapbook,
BLUE LAWS.
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Michelle will also be a participant in the Panel Discussion on
The Professionalization of Poetry at the Marin Poetry Center on February 21, 2008.
click below for details
My Poem "The Edge" is a
2007 dA Poetry
Contest Winner & Finalists' Reading

Sunday, 2PM, Nov. 11th, 2007
Awards Ceremony,
Free Reading*,
Reception, and Book Signing
followed by an Open Mic at 3:30 p.m.
($6 donation; sign-ups at 1:45)
The dA Center for the Arts
252-D South Main Street • Pomona CA 91766-1630
tel: 909.397.9716
Recent Accolades:
Video of me reading at Coffee Cartel as aired on www.poetry.la
Click here for LIVE READING 
"Strange Flesh" accepted for publication in Passages North, Summer 2007.
"That Summer" -  finalist for the Washington Square Review prize for poetry (2007).
My poem "The Sacrifice" was just selected as a semi-finalist (from over 3,000 entries) in the RATTLE Poetry Contest (2006) and will be honored with publication in Rattle's June, 2007 issue.
My poem "Killing Lobsters" was a special merit finalist for The Comstock Review prize.

820 Bienveneda Avenue
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
ph: 310-454-5478
fax: 310-454-5478
alt: 310-350-0155