Carolyn Smart
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Curriculum VitæCAROLYN SMART Artistic AchievementsHOOKED - Seven Poems, Brick Books, 2009 THE WAY TO COME HOME, Brick Books, 1992, 1995, 2003, 2006 AT THE END OF THE DAY, A MEMOIR, Penumbra, 2001 STONING THE MOON, Oberon Press, 1987 BooksPOWER SOURCES, Goose Lane Editions, 1982 SWIMMERS IN OBLIVION, York Publishing, 1981 WORKS-IN-PROGRESS—a collection of narrative poems set in the 1930s dust bowl; short fiction “Grace & Jane” LAKE EFFECT, New Work by the Creative Writing Students at Queen’s University, ed. Carolyn Smart, Artful Codger Press, 2003 Books EditedLAKE EFFECT 2, ed. Carolyn Smart, Artful Codger Press, 2005 LAKE EFFECT 3, ed. Carolyn Smart, Artful Codger Press, 2007 LAKE EFFECT 4, ed. Carolyn Smart, 2009 HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN—an anthology of poetry from Canada, ed. John Ennis, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland, 2009 DREAM CATCHER 23: Canadian Issue, ed. Paul Sutherland, Dream Catcher Books, Lincoln UK, 2009 COMMON MAGIC: the Book of the New, eds. Greene & Gugler, Artful Codger Press, 2008 KINGSTON POETS’ GALLERY, ed. Elizabeth Greene, Artful Codger Press, 2006 THE DOMINION OF LOVE, ed. Tom Wayman, Harbour Publishing, 2001 Selected AnthologiesNEW LIFE IN DARK SEAS, ed. Stan Dragland, Brick, 2000 BEST CANADIAN ESSAYS, ed. Douglas Fetherling, Fifth House, 1989 CANADIAN WOMEN POETS, ed. Rosemary Sullivan, Oxford, 1989 CANADIAN WOMEN POETS, Fireweed, 1986 ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE, ed. Mary di Michele, Mosaic Press, 1984 OCTOBER: music by Clifford Crawley, lyrics by Carolyn Smart, premiered at Amherst Island Music Festival, August 2005 REQUIEM: music by Eleanor Daley, lyrics by Carolyn Smart, published by Warner/Chappel Music Canada Ltd., 1993 Other Writing & ReadingsThe Harvest Is Hope, cover article in Issue 3, This Country Canada, September 1993 Columnist, On Craft, Poetry Canada Review, 1983–1985 Reviewer: Quill & Quire, Kingston Whig-Standard, Books in Canada, Montreal Gazette, Winnipeg Free Press, Queens Quarterly, Poetry Canada Review, etc. Readings: Public readings across Canada including the Eden Mills Festival, Stratford Book Festival, Harbourfront, the Kingston Dub Festival, the Red Schoolhouse Poetry Primer, and individual readings in Charlottetown, Halifax, Bishop’s University, Acadia University, Concordia University, Toronto, Kitchener, University of Guelph, Brock University, Winnipeg, Calgary, Regina, Kwantlen College, Vancouver, Saltspring Island and Victoria. Film & VideoTHAT’S WHY I’M TALKING, a half-hour documentary on poets and poetry with Mary di Michele, Robert Priest, Pier Giorgio di Cicco, and Carolyn Smart, co-directed by Chris Whynot and Bronwen Wallace, 1984 Women’s Television Network, featured poet in “Writing On The Wall,” 1995 AwardsCBC Literary Contest, 1st Prize, Personal Essay Category, 1993, for an excerpt from AT THE END OF THE DAY Magazine Awards, Honourable Mention, for a poem published in Quarry, 1992 Research Grants HeldCanada Council Grant for Professional Writers: 1994, 1995, 2007, 2008 Ontario Arts Council Work-in-Progress Grant: 1995, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2005 Queen’s University Fund for Scholarly Research & Creative Work: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Related ActivitiesEditor, Fireweed, A Literary Quarterly, 1980–1982 Instructor, Poetry Workshop at the Free Times Cafe, Toronto, 1982–1984 Member, the League of Canadian Poets, 1982–1988 & 2008–; the Writers’ Union of Canada, 1988–the present; Member, PEN International, 1988–the present Member, The Association of Writers & Writing Programs, 2006–the present Instructor, Kingston School of Writing, July 1987, July 1991, and July 1993 Member, Ontario Arts Council Advisory Committee, May 1992; Member, Periodicals Jury, September 1994; August 2008; Member, Work-in-Progress Jury, November 2001; March 2005 Founder and director: the Bronwen Wallace Award, 1992—the present Judge: Archibald Lampman Poetry Contest, 1987; QSPELL Literary Awards, poetry category, 1994; Stephen Leacock International Poetry Contest, 1996, 1997 & 1998; This Magazine Literary Contest 2007. Moderator, Macleans/WIER website: “Forum: Ice Storm Diary 1998” (www.macleans.ca) Editorial Board Member, The MacLennan Poetry Series, McGill/Queen’s University Press 1996–6 Co-director, “Red School House Poetry Primer” Festival, Desmond, Ontario, 2003–6 Employment History1989–the present: Term Adjunct, Dept. of English, Queen’s University January 1998–the present: teacher, Writers in Electronic Residence (WIER) 1977–the present: freelance editor 1975–1977: conference organiser, Government of Manitoba 1973–1975: poetry editor and publicist, Macmillan–s of Canada Educational HistoryBA Hons. English Language and Literature, Trinity College, the University of Toronto, 1973. Secondary and primary education in Toronto, Ottawa, and in Kent and Sussex, England. |  |
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