Colleen Abel Mailing Address: 104 Washington Road Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 County: Lake E-mail: gryphone400@hotmail.com Phone numbers: Genre: Poetry

Periodical Publications:

• Centrique
• Bluesap Magazine
• Branches Quarterly
• Bellevue Literary Review
• Best of Branches 2002 anthology
• Poetry Center of Chicago, 11th Annual Juried Reading Chapbook, selected by Jorie Graham

Book Publications:

Forthcoming Publications:

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• Three-time winner of Chapin-Tague Award for Poetry, Carthage College
• Vermont Studio Center Residency
• Selected by Jorie Graham as finalist for 11th annual juried reading of Chicago Poetry Center
• Diane Middlebrook Poetry Fellow, 2005-2006, Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

• Anti-Inaugural Ball and Rally, January 2005, Chicago, IL
• Chicago Poetry Center, April 2005, Chicago, IL
• Four Poets, July 2005, Chicago, IL (with Daniel Johnson, Gary Lilley and Rachel Jamison Webster)

Recent Workshops:

Present Employment: Fellow, Teacher
Preferred Audience: any
Willing to travel: Anywhere
Willing to travel-Other: