MICHELLE MONCAYO
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SELECTED AWARDS, RESIDENCIES, AND HONORS
2023 Pushcart Prize Nomination: "Dispatch from the Psych Ward: 02" via Bodega Magazine.
2021 Pushcart Prize Nomination: "Como Una Vela" via Broadsided Press
2020 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship in Poetry
2019 SPACE on Ryder Farm Creative Residency. Brewster, NY.
2019 Lukas Rivera Amani Fellowship. Vermont Studio Center Writing Residency. Johnson, VT.
2018 Sundress Academy for the Arts Writer’s Coop Residency. Knoxville, TN.
2018 CantoMundo Poetry Fellowship. Columbia University, NYC. (Faculty: Ada Limón & Daniel Borzutzky).
2017 CantoMundo Poetry Fellowship. Columbia University, NYC. (Rigoberto González, Rosa Alcalá).
2017 Signal Fire Arts Foundation: Poetry Fellowship. Chiricahua Mountains, AZ.
2016 Best of the Net Anthology Nomination: “virginia” via Kweli Literary Journal.
2015 VONA/Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation: Poetry Fellowship. University of Miami. FL. (Faculty: Willie Perdomdo).
2015 Academy of American Poets University & College Prize: Second Place. Rutgers University
2015 Rutgers University Evelyn Hamilton Award: Second Place. Rutgers University.
2015 John P. Noon Memorial Scholarship: Creative Writing. Rutgers University.
PUBLISHED POETRY
2022 Bodega Magazine: "Dispatch from the Psych Ward: 02". Online.
2021 Até Mais: An Anthology of Latinx Futurisms. "Dance Lessons", Proverbs from a Queer Burlesque Dancer", "Here on This 76L Bus", "A Potion for Curing the Depression". Edited by Kim Sousa, Malcolm Friend, & Alan Chazaro. Print.
2021 Broadsided Press. "Como Una Vela". Online.
2019 No Tender Fences: An Anthology of Immigrant & First-Generation American Poetry. “Origin”, “the man, the stones and the river". Edited by Marina Carreira, Carla Ferreira, Kim Sousa. Online.
2019 Space on Ryder Farm CSA Art Share. “Este Poema”. Print.
2019 Ninth Letter. “esta navidad”. Print.
2018 The Plath Poetry Project. “Figs in February”. Online.
2017 The Acentos Review. “the man, the stones, and the river”, “inheritance”, & “river pasillo”. Online.
2017 Winter Tangerine Review. “Origin”. Online.
2015 Kweli Literary Journal. “virginia”. Online.
2015 Best Indie Lit New England: Volume II. “Elizabeth, New Jersey”. Edited by Thomas A. Dodson. ISBN: 978-0692415146. Print.
2015 Maps for Teeth. “Elizabeth, New Jersey”. Online.
FEATURED READINGS, PRESENTATIONS, AND EXPERIENCE
2025: Transcendent: A Fundraiser Reading Benefitting TransLifeline & Trans Latin@ Coalition
2022 Broadsided Press Guest Editor
2021 A Woman's Voice: Collaboration with New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
2021 Of Restless Gardens — Poetry & Environmental Justice. Presented by CantoMundo in collaboration with the Poetry Coalition. Virtual Reading.
2020 The Muse Writers Center: Hispanic Heritage Month Reading. Virtual Reading.
2019 SPACE on Ryder Farm Artist Presentation. Brewster, NY.
2019 BOAAT Literary Journal Poetry Reader.
2019 Vermont Studio Center Resident Presentation. Johnson, VT.
2019 Don’t Touch My Hair Reading Series. Featured Reader. Word Up Books, NYC.
2018 Everyday We Get More Illegal: Presented by Emotive Fruition & Cantomundo. NYC
2018 Brick City Collective Monthly Reading Series: Featured Reader. Newark, NJ.
2018 Poets for Puerto Rico. Newark, NJ.
2018 CantoMundo Poetry Reading. Columbia University, NYC.
2017 CantoMundo Poetry Reading. Barnard College. NYC.
2015 "Un Día Fuiste, Un Día Serás, Este Día Eres" Thesis Reading. Rutgers University.
2015 Creativity Showcase. Rutgers University, NJ.
2014 Creativity Showcase. Rutgers University, NJ.
WORKSHOPS
2019 Winter Tangerine Summer Workshop. “We Sweat Honeysuckle.” Online.
2019 Winter Tangerine Summer Workshop. “Orchids Without Attached Thighs.” Online.
2019 Live to Write: The Speakeasy Project. Online.
2018 Las Dos Brujas Writers’ Workshop. Poetry with Chris Abani. San Francisco, CA.
2016 Winter Tangerine Review Summer Workshop. Online.
EDUCATION
2024 MFA in Poetry. Randolph College.
2015 B.A. in English Literature – Creative Writing Concentration. Douglass Residential College. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
Senior Creative Poetry Thesis: Un Día Fuiste, Un Día Serás, Este Día Eres.
Thesis Committee: Mark Doty (chair), Susan L. Miller, Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel