Jackie Bartley - Awards and Grants

Meritorious Merit for Sleeping with a Geologist, awarded by National Federation of Poetry Societies of America.
Pushcart Prize nominee for "In April the Bloodroot Blossoms," Chrysalis Reader.
Pushcart Prize nominee for "In the Rooms Where We're Born," Karamu.
Honorable mention in Sulphur River Literary Review for “Another Poem about the Moon,”
2006 volume.
Residency Fellow at Ragdale Foundation, summers 2006, 2005, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000.
Winner, Spire Press Poetry Book Contest, 2005.
Finalist, BkMk Press’s John Ciardi Prize for Poetry, 2005.
Finalist, Spire Press Chapbook Contest, 2005.
Pushcart Prize nominee for “At the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff,” The Chaffin Journal.
Pushcart Prize nominee for “The Night the Elephants Walked,” Cider Press Review, Vol. 4/5.
Pushcart Prize nominee for “Self-Portrait As an Old Pool in Ruins,” West Wind Review,
Vol. 23.
Finalist, University of Arkansas Press Poetry Series, 2005.
Poem "Daughters of the Divine Redeemer" selected as finalist by Elizabeth Spires in
Sow's Ear Poetry Review Contest, 2004.
Poem "Why I Follow the Deer" selected as second runner-up by Albert Goldbarth in
New Letters Poetry Contest, 2003.
First Place, Abbie M. Copps Poetry Competition, Garfield Lake Review, March 2003.
Residency Fellow at Seaside Institute, January 2003.
Meritorious Mention for "Sacramental," San Diego Writers' Cooperative, April, 2002.
Pushcart Prize nominee for "Mary in the Garden," White Pelican Review, Vol. 2, No. 2.
Finalist, Pavement Saw Press First Book Competition, 2000.
Finalist, University of Wisconsin Press's Brittingham Prize and Felix Pollak Prize
Competition, 2000.
Residency fellow at Mary Anderson Center for the Arts, summer, 2000.
Poem “Arriving Late by Cab” selected as Best of Issue by Sandra Cisneros, Ellipsis, 2000.
Finalist, The Refined Savage Bilingual Poetry Review Competition, 1999.
Chapbook Runner-up, Acorn-Rukeyser Contest, Mekler-Deahl Publishers, 1999.
First Place, Our Visions: Women in Art Poetry Contest, Womencenter, Oakland Community
College, Farmington Hills, MI, 1998.
Second Place, Kinloch Rivers Chapbook Competition, 1997.
The Strosacker Foundation Fund Grant, Hope College, summer, 1997.
Second Place, Our Visions: Women in Art Poetry Contest, Womencenter, Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, MI, 1997.
Finalist, New Issues Press, National First Book Competition, 1997.
First Place Chapbook, White Eagle Coffee Store Press Series, 1996.
Honorable Mention, Kinloch Rivers Chapbook Competition, 1996.
Willard Wichers Faculty Development Grant, Hope College, summer, 1995.
First Place Chapbook, Franciscan University Press Series, 1994.
Chapbook semi-finalist, Palanquin Poetry Series, 1995; The Devil's Millhopper Press, 1994.
Chapbook finalist, Tennessee Chapbook Prize, 1995; Calypso, 1994; Alms House Press, Illinois Writers Inc., State Street Press, 1993.
Honorable mention, Taproot Poetry Contest, 1994.
Creative Artist Grant for the 1992-93 year, Arts Foundation of Michigan and Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs.
Third Place Maryland Poetry Review Poetry Contest, summer, 1992.
Second Prize, The Sow's Ear Poetry Review Poetry Contest, 1990.
The Richard Benvenuto Memorial Prize, Best Poem, Red Cedar Review, 1989.
Honorable Mention, Snowbound Writers Competition, Grand Haven, MI,1989.
1989 All-University Graduate Research and Creative Scholar, Western Michigan University, 1989.
Best Poem, Trial Balloon, Western Michigan University, 1987.
First Prize, Snowbound Writers Competition, 1986.

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