Maureen Sherbondy
Maureen Sherbondy's poems have appeared in numerous publications, including European Judaism, Calyx, Feminist Studies, 13th Moon, Cairn, Comstock Review, Crucible, the Roanoke Review and the Raleigh News & Observer. Three of her poems were finalists in the William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition. Other poems have won first place in the Deane Ritch Lomax Poetry Prize (Charlotte Writers’ Club), the Lyricist Statewide Poetry Contest and the Hart Crane Memorial Poetry Award from Kent State University. Main Street Rag published her first chapbook, After the Fairy Tale, in 2007. Praying at Coffee Shops was published in February, 2008 and has been named a winner in the poetry category of the Next Generation Indie Awards. Her collection of short stories, The Slow Vanishing, will be released in September 2009. Sherbondy also writes fiction. She grew up in Metuchen, New Jersey and now resides in Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband and three sons.
