POETRY
Pending “Civility & Desire." Stonecoast Review. Winter 2018. Print.
Pending “Anatomy of a Lighthouse.” Waves Anthology. Published by A Room of Her Own (AROHO) Foundation. 2018.
Published "Mark’s Time-Out Grille.” Of Burgers & Bars Anthology. Fall 2017. Print.
Published “My Hitler.” The Gathering Storm, 45 Poets on 45. Princeton. July 2017. Print.
Published “Imprinting.” Poetry Breakfast. March 6, 2017. [Nominated for Pushcart Prize.]
Published “In Love with Falling.” Fourth & Sycamore. Jan. 2017. https://fourthandsycamore.com/2017/01/27/smoke-signals-poetry-by-rita-anderson/
Published “Alpha Centauri,” “Oubliette,” “Nest of Sorrow,” & “New Year’s Eve, Cleveland.” Dis-or-der. Anthology. 2017. Print.
Published Watched Pots (A Lovesong to Motherhood). Poetry book. Print. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1970003065/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480889632&sr=8-1&keywords=Watched+Pots+by+Rita+Anderson
Published “Scent of Lilac,” & “To the Grad School Girls.” Old Northwest Review. Fall 2016. Anthology. Print.
Published “Flying Curtains.” Our Write Side. June 2016. http://ourwriteside.com/poetry-flying-curtains-rita-anderson/
Published “Making the Bed.” The Blue Heron Review. Summer 2016.
Published "To Grad School or Not To Grad School..." Guest Blog for Nina Mansfield http://ninamansfield.com/blog1/?p=1288
Published “Turnkey.” Our Write Side. April 2016. http://ourwriteside.com/poetry-turnkey-rita-anderson/
Published "Lucius." METAPHOR magazine January 2016. http://www.createspace.com/5607993
Published The Entropy of Rocketman. Chapbook. Finishing Line Press. Georgetown, KY. Released January 2016. Print.
Published “Ghost Town” and “Jogger Found.” The Longleaf Pine Issue 2 (The Midwood Press). October 2015. Print.
Published "St. Theresa’s Apron.” Cahoodaloodaling. Issue # 17. July 2015.http://cahoodaloodaling.com/issue-17-grit-by-the-glass/
Published “Vermeer’s Pomegranate.” The Stardust Gazette. 2014-2015 Edition. http://www.thestardustgazette.com/#!issue-3/cybe
Published “Balanced Extremes.” DLC, online literary magazine. June 2015. http://www.dalislovechild.com/
Published “Necessary Procedures.” EVENT Magazine (university press, British Columbia). August 2015.
Published “Cultivating a Ruin.” Inflight Magazine. January 2015. www.inflightlitmag.com/issues/issue2
Published “Baptism of Desire,” “The Long Way, Home” and “Baptism of Desire.” Blotterature, online literary magazine and a limited print edition. January 31, 2015.
Published "Divorce" and "Putting the Mountain Back in the Molehill" Inflight Magazine.
January 2015 www.inflightlitmag.com/issues/issue2
Published "You Have a Poem I Want" in The Blueshift Journal. http://www.theblueshiftjournal.com/#!issue-1-cover/ciji November 2014.
Published "To the Grad School Girls in Long Print Scarves" in Persona, 50th Anniversary Issue. Texas State University. Spring 2014.
Published "About Arkansas," and "On Torpor, August, and Twilight. . ." in Transcendence, an international literary journal. Spring 2014. http://issuu.com/transcendencemag/docs/transcendence_magazine_issue_1__2__
Monologue published in Volume III: Monologues from the Heart of Human Nature. Burlington MA. http://www.jacpub.com/Books/interJACtions/interJACtions_Vol.3.htm. Spring 2014. Print.
Published "Status Quo" in PHIction. Spring 2012. Print.
Published "The Body Politic," "Object Permanence," Putting the Mountain..." Words Work online literary journal. Summer 2012. Volume 5, Issue I. http://wordsworkliteracyjournal.weebly.com
Published "How Frantic is the Carousel of Circumstance, You Wonder" in Di-Verse-City: the Austin International Poetry Anthology. Print.
Published "Flying Curtains," Explorations, University of Alaska Press. Print.
Published "Harbinger," Spoon River Poetry Review. Print.
Published "This Scorpion Town," The Artful Mind Anthology. Print.
Pending “Anatomy of a Lighthouse.” Waves Anthology. Published by A Room of Her Own (AROHO) Foundation. 2018.
Published "Mark’s Time-Out Grille.” Of Burgers & Bars Anthology. Fall 2017. Print.
Published “My Hitler.” The Gathering Storm, 45 Poets on 45. Princeton. July 2017. Print.
Published “Imprinting.” Poetry Breakfast. March 6, 2017. [Nominated for Pushcart Prize.]
Published “In Love with Falling.” Fourth & Sycamore. Jan. 2017. https://fourthandsycamore.com/2017/01/27/smoke-signals-poetry-by-rita-anderson/
Published “Alpha Centauri,” “Oubliette,” “Nest of Sorrow,” & “New Year’s Eve, Cleveland.” Dis-or-der. Anthology. 2017. Print.
Published Watched Pots (A Lovesong to Motherhood). Poetry book. Print. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1970003065/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480889632&sr=8-1&keywords=Watched+Pots+by+Rita+Anderson
Published “Scent of Lilac,” & “To the Grad School Girls.” Old Northwest Review. Fall 2016. Anthology. Print.
Published “Flying Curtains.” Our Write Side. June 2016. http://ourwriteside.com/poetry-flying-curtains-rita-anderson/
Published “Making the Bed.” The Blue Heron Review. Summer 2016.
Published "To Grad School or Not To Grad School..." Guest Blog for Nina Mansfield http://ninamansfield.com/blog1/?p=1288
Published “Turnkey.” Our Write Side. April 2016. http://ourwriteside.com/poetry-turnkey-rita-anderson/
Published "Lucius." METAPHOR magazine January 2016. http://www.createspace.com/5607993
Published The Entropy of Rocketman. Chapbook. Finishing Line Press. Georgetown, KY. Released January 2016. Print.
Published “Ghost Town” and “Jogger Found.” The Longleaf Pine Issue 2 (The Midwood Press). October 2015. Print.
Published "St. Theresa’s Apron.” Cahoodaloodaling. Issue # 17. July 2015.http://cahoodaloodaling.com/issue-17-grit-by-the-glass/
Published “Vermeer’s Pomegranate.” The Stardust Gazette. 2014-2015 Edition. http://www.thestardustgazette.com/#!issue-3/cybe
Published “Balanced Extremes.” DLC, online literary magazine. June 2015. http://www.dalislovechild.com/
Published “Necessary Procedures.” EVENT Magazine (university press, British Columbia). August 2015.
Published “Cultivating a Ruin.” Inflight Magazine. January 2015. www.inflightlitmag.com/issues/issue2
Published “Baptism of Desire,” “The Long Way, Home” and “Baptism of Desire.” Blotterature, online literary magazine and a limited print edition. January 31, 2015.
Published "Divorce" and "Putting the Mountain Back in the Molehill" Inflight Magazine.
January 2015 www.inflightlitmag.com/issues/issue2
Published "You Have a Poem I Want" in The Blueshift Journal. http://www.theblueshiftjournal.com/#!issue-1-cover/ciji November 2014.
Published "To the Grad School Girls in Long Print Scarves" in Persona, 50th Anniversary Issue. Texas State University. Spring 2014.
Published "About Arkansas," and "On Torpor, August, and Twilight. . ." in Transcendence, an international literary journal. Spring 2014. http://issuu.com/transcendencemag/docs/transcendence_magazine_issue_1__2__
Monologue published in Volume III: Monologues from the Heart of Human Nature. Burlington MA. http://www.jacpub.com/Books/interJACtions/interJACtions_Vol.3.htm. Spring 2014. Print.
Published "Status Quo" in PHIction. Spring 2012. Print.
Published "The Body Politic," "Object Permanence," Putting the Mountain..." Words Work online literary journal. Summer 2012. Volume 5, Issue I. http://wordsworkliteracyjournal.weebly.com
Published "How Frantic is the Carousel of Circumstance, You Wonder" in Di-Verse-City: the Austin International Poetry Anthology. Print.
Published "Flying Curtains," Explorations, University of Alaska Press. Print.
Published "Harbinger," Spoon River Poetry Review. Print.
Published "This Scorpion Town," The Artful Mind Anthology. Print.
AWARDS
Winner Cresap S. Watson Award for Excellence in Teaching Writing.
Winner of the Houston Poetry Festival, awarded Featured Poet.
Academy of American Poets, Honorable Mention, “St. Theresa’s Apron.”
Robert F. Gibbons Poetry Award, Honorable Mention.
Gerreighty Poetry Award for “Body Language.”
Intro. Award for “Dandelion.”
Winner of the Houston Poetry Festival, awarded Featured Poet.
Academy of American Poets, Honorable Mention, “St. Theresa’s Apron.”
Robert F. Gibbons Poetry Award, Honorable Mention.
Gerreighty Poetry Award for “Body Language.”
Intro. Award for “Dandelion.”
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