Job C. Conger, IV Mailing Address: 428 W. Vine St. Springfield, IL 62704 County: Sangamon E-mail: writer@eosinc.com Phone: 217-544-6122 Genre: Poetry

Periodical Publications:

• has appeared in e-zine Prairie Poetry, Brew's Muse, past frequent contributor of poetry to e-forum Writers' Round Table, past editor of PenChant
• featured poet in Ridge Whisperings 2001
• frequent poster of poetry at my web site http://userweb/eosinc.com/writer Prarie Poetry, December 1997

Book Publications:

• Minstrel's Ramble: To Live and Die In Springfield, Illinois, self-published, 1996
• Wit's End

Forthcoming Publications:

• The Lindsay Compact (a concise biography and consideration of some poems by Vachel Lindsay) 2002

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

• Emcee, Poets & Writers Literary Forum of Springfield
• Host & reader, poetry open mic at Bixby's (Springfield, IL)

Recent Workshops:

• Has lectured to children, grade schools, & high schools about poetry.

Present Employment:

• A free-lance news and public relations writer/photography under his full name, Job Conger, he specializes in feature writing/photography, business news and public relations and aviation subjects. He also writes and produces newsletters.

Preferred Audience:

• Job recites his poems, the poetry of Vachel Lindsay and other American poets from memory to audiences (as compared with reading to a piece of paper), and lectured about the life of Vachel Lindsay to audiences ranging from high school students, to civic organizations and other writers groups. There is no wrong audience if it comes equipped with an honorarium check.

Willing to travel:

• yes, anywhere