Lecturer on conservation topics at Smithsonian Institution, American Museum of Natural History, California Academy of Sciences, and other schools, universities, and conservation organizations. Center for Tropical Ecology & Conservation, Antioch New England Graduate School, Keene, NH, associate. Politics: "Town meeting." Religion: Christian. Education: Syracuse University, dual B.A.s (French and psychology magazine journalism), 1979. Zane Montgomery married Howard Mansfield (a writer), September, 1987. Evidence of students’ excitement for the poetry and evidence of childlike quality should be present, yet the work’s potential for stirring fresh insights and feelings should be apparent.Born February 7, 1958, in Frankfurt, Germany daughter of Austin James (a U.S. Although the appeal to children of a poet’s or anthologist’s work is an important consideration, the art and craft must be the primary criteria for evaluation. Technical and artistic development as evidenced in the poetry, evidence of risk, change, and artistic stamina, and evidence of different styles and modes of expression are considered.Īppeal to Children. Aggregate work, evident potential for growth and evolution in terms of craft, and excellence are considered.Įvolution of the Poet’s or Anthologist’s Work. In short, we are looking for a poet who creates poetry books that contain clean, spare lines use language and form in fresh ways surprise the reader by using syntax artistically excite the reader’s imagination with keen perceptions and sharp images touch the reader’s emotions: a maker of word events. Creating books of poetry that demonstrate imagination, authenticity of voice, evidence of a strong persona, and universality/timelessness are essential. Literary Merit (art and craft of aggregate work – as poet or anthologist). She is the inventor of Heart Maps® and lives with her family and dog in South Florida.Ģ023 Notable Poetry Books and Verse Novels She has served on the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award committee and the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry Committee.
She is also the author of several children’s poetry books, including her newest, My Thoughts Are Clouds: Poems for Mindfulness (Macmillan), and Boom! Bellow! Bleat! Animal Poems for Two Or More Voices (Boyds Mills Press). Her most recent poetry book and journal is A Field Guide to the Heart: Poems of Love, Comfort & Hope (co-authored with Rebecca Kai Dotlich), and an anthology of poetry The Woman in This Poem: Women’s Voices in Poetry. Georgia Heard is also the founder of The Poet’s Studio and has taught writing at Poet’s House, Teachers College, Columbia University, Gothenburg University, and in schools around the world.
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She is a founding member of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, where she offered professional development in writing to hundreds of teachers and taught writing in classrooms and schools in the New York City area for ten years.
NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children
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