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David Bond

Mailing Address:
303 E. Water
Pinckneyville, IL 62274

County: Perry

E-mail: dbond@lib.siu.edu

Phone:
work: 618-453-1162
home: 618-357-8093

Genre: Poetry

Periodical Publications:

  • During last few years work has appeared in Sou'Wester, Rhino, Big Muddy, Crab Orchard Review, Forum:The Phi Kappa Phi Journal, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Prairie Poetry, Clark Street Review, Black Dirt, River King Poetry Supplement, The Windless Orchard, Branching Out, Mobius, Farmers' Market, Karamu, Whiskey Island Magazine.

Book Publications:

  • Colors, Greatunpublished.com, 2001.

Forthcoming Publications:

  • Featured Illinois Poet in The Spoon River Poetry Review, Fall/Winter 2003
    Awards, Fellowships,
  • "American Chicken" in Sou'Wester, Spring 2002

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

  • 2001 Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship in Poetry
    Finalist in The Poetry Center of Chicago's 8th Annual Juried Reading, 2002
  • Finalist in River Styx International Poetry Contest, 2002
  • Finalist in The Poetry Center of Chicago's 9th Annual Juried Reading, 2003
  • Second Place in Chicago Public Radio's (WBEZ) "Why I Should Be Poet Laureate of Illinois" Contest, 2003
  • Illinois Arts Council Literary Award for poem Head in Rhino magazine, 2003

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

  • Labor Day Celebration Reading, Poems by David Bond, Miner, Runner, Poet, Unitarian Fellowship of Carbondale, IL  (2002)
  • Where We Live: Illinois Poets, Reading Series, Featured Reader, Illinois Arts Week, Normal Public Library, Normal, IL  (2002)
  • Southern Illinois Writers' Guild, Featured Reader, John A. Logan College, Carterville, IL  (2003)
  • Arts Across Illinois-Poetry of the Coalfields, Read by David Bond, WTTW, Public Television Chicago, Chicago, IL  (2003)
  • National Poetry Month Presentation, David Bond and Allison Joseph, Marion High School, Marion, IL  (2003)
  • AEGIS Writing Contest, Southern Illinois University, Winner 1996
  • AEGIS Writing Contest, Southern Illinois University, Runner-up 1998
  • Oktoberfest Writing Contest, Southern Illinois Writers' Guild Winner 1998
  • Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Fraternity 1998
  • Writers' Roundtable Contest Winner 1998
  • Finalist in Greensboro Awards, Greensboro, NC 2000
  • 2002 Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship in Poetry Winner
  • Finalist in The Poetry Center of Chicago's 8th Annual Juried Reading Contest 2002
  • "On the Island Poetry Readings," Carbondale, IL 1994
  • "The People's Art Show," Murphysboro, IL 1995
  • "English Day, SIU Readings," Carbondale, IL 1996
  • "Melange Coffeehouse Readings," Carbondale, IL 1996
  • "Faculty/Graduate Student Readings," SIU, Carbondale, IL 1997
  • "WDBX Poetry For the People," Carbondale, IL 1996 & 1997
  • "Poetry : Mirror of the Arts," Work Included In Performance at Cleveland State University 1998
  • "Young Writers' Workshop," SIU, Carbondale, IL 1999 & 2000
  • "Melange Coffeehouse Readings," Carbondale, IL 2000
  • "Mining For Poems," Presentation at Graduate Creative Writing Conference, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 2000
  • "Poems From the Lunch Bucket," Presentation at Nimrod Awards Weekend, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK 2000
  • National Poetry Month Presentation, David Bond & Allison Joseph, Marion HS, Marion, IL 2001
  • Southern Illinois Writers' Guild Poetry Night, John A. Logan College, Carterville, IL 2001
  • American Poets Reading, The Poetry Center of Chicago, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL 2001
  • National Poetry Month Presentation, David Bond & Joel Brouwer, Marion HS, Marion, IL 2002
  • Rhino Magazine Release Reading, National Poetry Month, Normal Public Library, Normal, IL 2002

Recent Workshops:

  • Poetry: Why It Matters, Workshop sponsored by the Southern Illinois Writers' Guild, John A. Logan College, Carterville, IL
  • Southern Illinois Writers' Guild 2001& 2002
  • Young Writers' Workshop 1999 & 2000
  • Marion High School Poetry Workshop with David Bond & Rodney Jones 1999

Present Employment:

  • Manger of Interlibrary Lending and Borrowing, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL  62901

Preferred Audience:

  • All Audiences

Willing to travel:

  • Yes, anywhere
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