Eric Nelson

Eric Nelson's most recent poetry collection is Horse Not Zebra (Terrapin Books, 2022). His poems have appeared in many journals, including Poetry, The Sun, The Oxford American, and The Missouri Review. He has been featured on Verse Daily and Poetry Daily and in several anthologies.

Among his awards are the 2014 Gival Press Poetry Book Award for Some Wonder; the 2004 X.J. Kennedy Poetry Award for Terrestrials, chosen by Maxine Kumin; the Arkansas Poetry Award for The Interpretation of Waking Life (1991); the Split Oak Press Chapbook Award for The Twins (2009); the Georgia Author of the Year Award (2005), and fellowships to the Hambidge Center for the Arts and the Virginia Center for Creative Arts.

He lives in Asheville, North Carolina, with his wife, Stephanie Tames.

ericnelson121052@gmail.com

website: ericnelsonpoet.com