Mary Buchinger Bodwell, PhD

Publications

Books

• Buchinger, M. (forthcoming). Navigating the Reach. Salmon Poetry [Ireland].
• ---. (2022). Virology. Lily Poetry Review Books. https://lilypoetryreview.blog/lily-poetry-review- press/virology-by-mary-buchinger/
• ---. (2018). e i n f ü h l u n g/in feeling. Main Street Rag Press. https://mainstreetragbookstore.com/?s=buchinger
• ---. (2015). Aerialist. Gold Wake Press, shortlisted for the May Swenson Poetry Award, the OSU Press/The Journal Wheeler Prize for Poetry, and the Perugia Press Prize. https://goldwake.com/books/aerialist/

Chapbook

• Buchinger, M. (2021). / klaʊdz /. Lily Poetry Review Books. https://lilypoetryreview.blog/lily- poetry-chapbooks/klaudz-by-mary-buchinger/
• ---. (2008). Roomful of Sparrows. Semi-Finalist in the New Women’s Voices Series, Finishing Line Press.

Awards and Honors

• 2022 Editor's Choice, Solstice Literary Journal Nomination, Best of the Net, Empty House Review
• 2021 MCPHS School of Arts & Sciences Teaching Award Nomination, Best of the Net, River Heron Review
• Beals Prize for Poetry, Third Place, judges: bg Thurston, Candace Curran, Susan Middleton 2020 Sabbatical, one semester, MCPHS University
• Nomination, Best of the Net, Whale Road Review
• Finalist, Permafrost Book Prize in Poetry (University of Alaska, Fairbanks), judged by Elizabeth Bradfield
• Finalist, Elyse Wolf Chapbook Prize, judged by Slate Roof Press editors
• Semi-Finalist, The Hillary Gravendyk National Book Prize, sponsored by the Inlandia Institute, judged by Maureen Alsop and Megan Gravendyk-Estrella
• 2019 Jack Grapes Poetry Prize, semi-finalist, (top 10% out of over 2000 entries)
• 2018 Winner, Cambridge Arts Council Sidewalk Poetry Contest (permanent installation) Brittany Noakes Award, (poem), Semi-Finalist
• 2017 Pushcart Nominations (5 poems)
• Finalist, Glass Lyre Press, (full-length manuscript)
• Poem selected for Raining Poetry in Boston and installed on Boston sidewalks Brittany Noakes Award, (poem), Semi-Finalist
• 2016 Jane Lumley Prize, Honorable Mention (poem), selected by E. Kristin Anderson
• Best of the Net Nomination ,Border Crossing Journal Brittany Noakes Award, (poem), Finalist
• Gold Wake Press, Finalist
• Cider Press Review, Long list (top 20) Cambridge Poetry Ambassador
• Residency, Norton Island Artist Residency, Maine Pushcart Prize Nomination, poem
• Best of the Net Nomination, poem
• Brittany Noakes Poetry Award, Finalist, poem
• Charter Oak Award for Best Historical, First Place, poem Luminaire Award for Best Poetry, Third Place, poem Emily Stauffer Poetry Prize, Runner-up, poem
• Gretchen Warren Award, Honorable Mention, Poem Bright Hill Press, First Runner-Up, chapbook
• Gold Wake Press, Semi-Finalist, full-length 2015 Pushcart Prize Nomination, poem
• Charter Oak Award for Best Historical, Finalist, 2 poems Luminaire Award for Best Poetry Prize, Finalist, poem Five Oaks Press, Finalist
• Jacar Press Chapbook Award, Semi-Finalist
• Mary Ballard Poetry Prize, Quarterfinalist and Semifinalist, MCPHS University Arts and Sciences Teaching Award, Nominee 2014 Perugia Press Prize for a First or Second Book, Semi-Finalist May Swenson Poetry Award, Utah State University, Finalist
• Mary Ballard Poetry Prize, Quarterfinalist Eastern Point Literary Press, Finalist
• MCPHS University Arts and Sciences Teaching Award, Nominee
• 2013 The OSU Press/The Journal Wheeler Prize for Poetry, Semi-Finalist
• MCPHS University Faculty Research/Scholarship Award; Scholarship of Integration Toadlily Press Chapbook Contest, Finalist
• 2012 Tupelo Press, Open Reading, Remarkable Read
• AbleMuse Book Award, Quarterfinalist,
• 2011 Firman Houghton Award, New England Poetry Club. Prize $250 Permafrost Chapbook Contest, University of Alaska, Fairbank, Finalist 2010 Sabbatical, one semester, MCPHS University
• 2009 Nominee and Finalist, Cambridge Poet Populist
• Nominee and Candidate, Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award ($30,000) Best New Poems Online (poem)
• 2008 MCPHS Faculty Research/Scholarship Award, Scholarship of Discovery 2007 New Women’s Voices in Poetry Prize (chapbook manuscript), Semi-Finalist Robert Warren Penn Award (poem), Commendable
• 2006 Robert Warren Penn Award (poem), Honorable Mention The Sow’s Ear Poetry Review Contest (two poems), Semi-Finalist Poetry Society of Virginia (poem), Second Prize, $30
• Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize (book-length manuscript), Near Finalist
• 2005 The Comstock Review Jessie Bryce Niles Chapbook Contest, Honorable Mention
• New England Poetry Club, Daniel Varoujan Award; Marge Piercy, judge, Winner. Prize $1000. 2004 Cambridge Poetry Award (poem), Winner
• 2003 Ploughshares’ Emerging Writers Issue (selection of poems), Nominee

Funded Grants

• Cambridge Poetry Ambassador, Cambridge Arts Council [Proposal solicited, December 2015; accepted January 2016] ($250)
• Norton Island Artist Residency [applied March 2016] 10 days (room and board and transportation to and from Island) June-July 2016
• Poetry Workshop at the West Branch of the Somerville Library. Somerville Arts Council (supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council) Co-Author with Linda Haviland Conte ($500) 2005
• Drafting a Dialogue in ESL: Learning to Write, Learning to Respond
• Practitioner Research Communication and Mentoring Grant (PRCM), The Spencer Foundation, Principal Investigator and Project Director ($40,850) 2001-2003
• Conversation as Teaching and Learning: The Social Construction of Knowledge, Practice, and Identity. Dissertation Fellowship for Research Related to Education, The Spencer Foundation Principal Investigator ($17,000) 1996-1997
• Graduate Scholarship, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts ($5,000) 1996-1997
• Graduate Research Assistant Scholarship, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts ($48,000; tuition and stipend) 1990-1992
• Graduate Appointment: Teaching Associate, The Ohio University, Athens, OH ($20,000; tuition and stipend) 1988-1990

Memberships/Affiliations

New England Poetry Club (President, 2016-2022; Board Member 2022-present)

College English Association

Associated Writing Programs