Heath Brougher

I was born in York, PA and attended Temple University. I have been writing my entire life but didn't begin to submit my life's work of duffel bags brimming with 20 years worth of notebooks for publication until age 34 (4 years ago). Since then I have been published in over 450 various print and online journals throughout the world and have been a guest reader at many international events as well as the Featured Reader in many cities in the U.S. In July 2018 I will be dong a reading with Heller Levinson (a Pulitzer Prize Nominee) along with 5 other stellar poets. This reading will be my ultimate honor. I am the author of three chapbooks "A Curmudgeon Is Born" (Yellow Chair Press 2016), "Digging for Fire" (Stay Weird and Keep Writing Press 2016), "Your Noisy Eyes" (Stay Weird and Keep Writing Press 2017) as well as two full-length collections "About Consciousness" (Alien Buddha Press 2017) and "To Burn in Torturous Algorithms" (Weasel Press 2018), with 3 other full-length collections forthcoming. I have received multiple Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net Nominations and my work has been translated and published in 5 other languages. I am the co-poetry editor of Into the Void Magazine, which won the 2017 Saboteur Award for Best Magazine after only 4 issues--a feat no other magazine has ever accomplished before. I was the judge for Into the Void Magazine's 2016 Poetry Competition and also edited the anthology "Luminous Echoes," the proceeds of which will be donated to a charity that prevents suicide/self-harm.