
Mindy Watson
Poet - Nonfiction Writer
A DC/Northern Virginia-based formalist poet/nonfiction writer who holds an MA (and Outstanding Graduate Award) in Nonfiction Writing from The Johns Hopkins University and a BA in English from Illinois Wesleyan University.
Poetry
I'm a formal verse poet and DC-based federal writer/editor whose poetry has appeared between late 2016-present in notable venues including Eastern Structures, Orchards Poetry Journal, The Poetry Porch, The Quarterday Review, Snakeskin Poetry Webzine, Star*Line, Think Journal and many others. My poetry has earned a Best of the Net Award nomination (Midnight Lane Boutique, 2017) Editor's Choice Poem designation (Star*Line, 2018) , and inclusion in Samson Low's ongoing Potcake Poets: Form in Formless Times chapbook series (2019) and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association's 2019 Dwarf Stars Anthology (July 2019).
Please click on All Poetry in the above Poetry menu to view all my poetry publications, or choose one of the Poetry sub-menus to view my publications by genre/category.
You many also read my published creative nonfiction essays by clicking on the above-right More/Prose (Nonfiction) menu.
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