Simone Muench Mailing Address: 1726 W. Superior St. Chicago, IL 60622 County: Cook E-mail: simone@simonemuench.com Phone numbers: (312) 850-3013 Genre: poetry

Periodical Publications:

• Paris Review: "In Medias Res", 2001
  BookSense.com: Feature and Essay, 2001
  Third Coast, Issue 12: "Insinuation of Lakes", 2001
  Indiana Review, Spring: "Le Roi", 2001
  New York Quarterly, Issue 58: "Bell Peppers", 2002
  Bellingham Review, Issue 50: "Laws of Sawdust and Stars," 2002
  Runes: A Review of Poetry: "Terroir," 2002
  Literary Lunch--An Anthology: "Fig, I crave" and "September Sweets", 2002

Book Publications:

• *Lampblack & Ash*. Winner of the Kathryn A. Morton Prize for Poetry, Sarabande Books, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky.  November, 2005. ISBN: 193251127X
• Chapbook: *Love's Apostrophes.* Winner of the Sheila-Na-Gig Chapbook Award. Published in 1998. ISBN: 0-9653151-3-4
  Book: *The Air Lost in Breathing.* Winner of the 1999 Marianne Moore Prize for Poetry. Published by Helicon Nine Editions in October 2000. ISBN: 1-884235-30-1

Forthcoming Publications:

• Forthcoming Publications=-Chapbook: *Notebook. Knife. Mentholatum.* Published by Diagram in conjunction with New Michigan Press. Release date--late summer or fall of 2003
• Notre Dame Review: "The Melos of Medusa,"2003
  -Pleiades, 23:1: "Sketches of Dresses in Mean Reds," 2003
  -Pheobe: "On Having a Crush on a Professor," 2003
  -Indiana Review 25th Anniversary Issue: "Your Pretty White Dress", 2003 forthcoming
  -Blue Sky Review: Reprint of "Il y a des loups", 2003 forthcoming

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• -Illinois Arts Council Literary Award, 1999
  -Illinois Arts Council Fellowship, 2000
  -2nd in the St. Louis Poetry Contest judged by Robert Pinsky, 2001
  -Finalist in Glimmer Train’s Poetry Presentation, 2001
  -The Poetry Center's 8th Annual Juried Reading, Second Place, judged by James Tate, April 2002
  -Charles Goodnow Award for Poetry, 2002
  -Finalist for the 49th Parallel Poetry Award judged by Mark Doty, 2002
  -AWP Intro Journal Award, March 2003
  -Audience Award in the WBEZ Poet Laureate Contest, March 2003

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

• The Evanston Public Library, April 21st 2002
  The Chicago Public Library's Harold Washington, April 24 2002
  Danny’s Reading Series with Karen Volkman, June 12, 2002
  Jaks Graduate and Faculty UIC Reading Series, February 2003
  WBEZ Poet Laureate Contest Reading, March 2003
  Transitions Book Store, Live From Beyond Mars, April 2003
  Judge for the UIC High School Poetry Contest, Office of the Provost for Educational Outreach, April 2002 and 2003

Recent Workshops:

Present Employment:

• Student and Instructor at UIC at Chicago

Preferred Audience:

• Prefers adult audiences

Willing to travel:

• Anywhere