Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas is a recent graduate of Vermont College of Fine Arts with an MFA in Writing. In 2012, her chapbook, Before I Go to Sleep, won the Red Ochre Press Chapbook contest. In 2019, her chapbook An Ode to Hope in the Midst of Pandemonium was a finalist in the Eric Hoffer Book Award. In 2021, her collection Alice in Ruby Slippers was short-listed for the Eric Hoffer Grand Prize and received Honorable Mention in the poetry category. She has served as editor-in-chief for both The Orchards Poetry Journal and Tule Review. A thirteen-time Pushcart Prize nominee and seven-time Best of the Net nominee, her work has been published or is forthcoming in several notable journals, including The Comstock Review, Redactions, and Verse Daily. She is a former member of the Board of Directors for The Sacramento Poetry Center and Women’s Wisdom Art, an organization dedicated to supporting women’s wellness through creativity in all forms. She was recently awarded a certificate of achievement by the California Writers Club and named Centennial Poet for her contribution to their 100-year celebration. She is a California Poet-Teacher in the Schools
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All Books by Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas
A Shared and Sacred Space, Kelsay Books
Handful of Stallions at Twilight, Finishing Line Press
Alice in Ruby Slippers, Kelsay Books
Hasty Notes in No Particular Order, Aldrich Press
Things I Can’t Remember to Forget, Prolific Press
On the Edge of the Ethereal, Kelsay Books
The Nightly Suicides, Kattywompus Press
Letters Under the Banyan Tree, Aldrich Press
In the Making of Goodbyes, Clare Songbirds Publishing House
An Ode to Hope in the Midst of Pandemonium, Main Street Rag
Epitaph for the Beloved, Finishing Line Press
(books listed below are out of print but available upon request )
Epistemology of an Odd Girl, March Street Press (out of print)
A Thousand Tiny Sorrows, March Street Press (out of print)
Breakfast in Winter, Flutter Press (out of print)
Litany of Finger Prayers, Pudding House Press (out of print)
Object of Desire, Finishing Line Press (out of print)
The Butterfly Room, Big Table Publishing (out of print)
Before I Go to Sleep, Red Ochre Press (out of print)
Articles, CV and Radio Interview
