Carol Smallwood

Carol Smallwood edited several books for the American Library Asociation and is a National Federation of State Poetry Societies and Franklin-Christoph Poetry Contest Winner. Among her over five dozen books, Women and Poetry: Tips on Writing, Teaching and Publishing by Successful Women Poets (Foreword by Molly Peacock) appears on the list of "Best Books for Writers" by Poets & Writers Magazine. She has had 14 poetry collections published. Rowman & Littlefield published several of her books and she edited six American Library Association anthologies. Compartments: Poems on Nature, Femininity, and Other Realms was nominated for the Pushcart Prize; others followed. Carol's first chapter of her novel, Lily's Odyssey, is in Best New Writing 2010; In the Measuring (Shanti Arts, 2018). Some of the Marquis publications she appears: Who's Who in the World, Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in the World; Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. She appears in Contemporary Authors New Revision 282; Wikipedia. Her many reviews of her books have appeared in such publications as: MidAmerica: The Yearbook fo The Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature. Carol has founded humane societies.