Whiting Awards
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Edition 30 (2015) Winner
Jenny Johnson
ジェニー・ジョンソン
Jenny Johnson
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Winchester, Virginia
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Winchester, Virginia → San Francisco, California → Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Career
- Occupations
- poet, assistant professor of Creative Writing
- Active Years
- 2011-2024
- Affiliations
- University of Pittsburgh, West Virginia University, Pacific Lutheran University’s Rainier Writing Workshop
- Influenced By
- Marilyn Hacker, Larry Levis, Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Virginia | — | English Education | BA/MT | — | United States |
| Warren Wilson College | — | poetry | MFA | — | United States |
University of Virginia
English Education
Degree:
BA/MT
Country:
United States
Warren Wilson College
poetry
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Beloit Poetry Journal’s Chad Walsh Poetry Prize | — | — | Beloit Poetry Journal | won |
| 2015 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | won |
| 2015 | Blue Mountain Center scholarship and residency | — | — | Blue Mountain Center | won |
| 2016 | Hodder Fellowship | — | — | Princeton University | won |
| 2018 | Bread Loaf Writers' Conference poetry fellowship | — | — | Bread Loaf Writers' Conference | won |
| 2019 | National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | won |
Beloit Poetry Journal’s Chad Walsh Poetry Prize
2011
Organization:
Beloit Poetry Journal
Result:
won
Whiting Award
2015
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
won
Blue Mountain Center scholarship and residency
2015
Organization:
Blue Mountain Center
Result:
won
Hodder Fellowship
2016
Organization:
Princeton University
Result:
won
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference poetry fellowship
2018
Organization:
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
Result:
won
National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship
2019
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
In Full Velvet
2017 poetry collectionExplores gender, desire and LGBTQ lineage, in direct conversation with lesbian poets and queer writers, reveling in the queerness of the natural world.
genderdesireLGBTQ lineagequeerness of the natural world
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- queer poeticsrevels in the queerness of the natural world
- Recurring Motifs
- Great Aunt Dorothytransgender friend's top surgery
Legacy
Recognized as an American queer poet, featured on the cover of Poets & Writers as one of 'Ten poets who will change the world.'
Trivia
- Had a great aunt known as an 'old maid' who lived with another woman, likely her partner, and features prominently in her poetry.
- Award-winning poem 'Aria' is a sonnet about the narrator and friends burning a bra to celebrate a transgender friend’s top surgery.