Mark Conte

I have had fiction, poetry, articles and guest columns in 67 publications, including Yankee magazine, Crazy Horse, Southern Poetry Review, Poetry International, Potomac Review, Piladelphia Daily News and New York Times. I Won Honorable Mention in the PEN American award for short fiction, First Prize in poetry in the Barbwire Theater in San Francisco, California and first prize in the Packard Poetry Awards in the New York Quarterly magazine. I was director of the Florida State University Poet series and appointed Master Poet by the Florida Arts Council. My recent books are The Ghost, 2013 and The Easter Lamb, due April 2015. I am a member of the Authors Guild and the Academy of American Poets.