ELIZABETH AUSTEN

Dates at Hedgebrook
March 2001 (Fir Cottage) 

Genres
Poetry

Publications and Productions

• “In the Brides’ House,” and “How the End Begins,” Bellingham Review, V28, #1 (Spring 2005)
• “This Morning,” Pontoon: an anthology of Washington State poets, #7. Floating Bridge Press (2004)
• “Love, Death and Misc. Abstractions,” The Sound Within: Poems from the Third Skagit River Poetry Festival. (May 2004)
• “On Punctuation,” The Seattle Review, V26, #1. (2003)
• “The Permanent Fragility of Meaning,” Poets Against the War. Thunder’s Mouth Press/Nation Books (2003)

Honors, Awards and Acknowledgements

• Pushcart nomination, 2005
• Jack Straw Writers Program, 2003
• Vermont Studio Center Writer’s Grant, November 2001

Short Bio
Elizabeth Austen’s author interviews and recordings of Seattle-area poetry readings can be heard every Monday on “The Beat” on KUOW, 94.9, public radio.  She was one of the regional poets featured at the 2004 Skagit River Poetry Festival in La Connor, Washington, and teaches regularly in the Inquiry Through Writing Program at Richard Hugo House.

Contact Information
eausten@earthlink.net