Joanna Ashley Clark is a Virginian writer.
Milepost 51: A Shenandoah Podcast: Season 1, Episode 3
If you’d like to hear two of my poems, my thoughts on poetry & nature, or simply just the sound of my voice, listen to my episode with Shenandoah National Park’s Milepost 51 Podcast!
About Me
I’m a third-year MFA candidate in poetry at Syracuse University. At Syracuse, I’ve worked as the assistant poetry editor for Salt Hill Journal, and currently serve as the managing editor. This year I will be leaving behind the Writing and Rhetoric Department to teach Poetry and Nonfiction workshops to undergraduate students. At the University of Virginia (‘22), I studied in the Area Program for Poetry Writing and the Medieval & Renaissance Studies concentration in English. In the past, I tutored English and taught at the youth writing camp Spells Writing Lab in Philadelphia, PA. In my free time, I crochet large blankets and think about my childhood dogs. But most of the time, I’m occupied by looking at things and going “hmm…”
Awards & Recognition
Shenandoah National Park Artist-in-Residence, August 2024
Leonard Brown Prize in Poetry, chosen by Wendy Chen, April 2024
Elizabeth George Foundation Grant Recipient, January 2024
Finalist for Shenandoah’s Graybeal-Gowen Prize for Virginian Poets, January 2024.
“I listen to posing for cars . . .” nominated for Best of the Net by Hooligan Magazine, November 2023
Frontier Poetry Hurt & Healing Prize [Longlist], May 2023
University of Virginia Grand Poetry Slam Champion, December 2019
Fredi Davis Award & Scholarship for Creative Writing, June 2018
Arthur C. Greene Rising Star in the Arts Award, March 2018
Selected Publications
Current Fascinations
Dreams, Apocalypse, Nostalgia, Daughters & Sisters, Survival, Bears & Birds!
As always the Blue Ridge, & before the Blue Ridge, the Trees.