Jennifer Martelli is the author of The Queen of Queens and My Tarantella, awarded an Honorable Mention from the Italian-American Studies Association, selected as a 2019 “Must Read” by the Massachusetts Center for the Book, and named as a finalist for the Housatonic Book Award. Her chapbook, After Bird, was the winner of the Grey Book Press open reading, 2016. Her work has appeared in The Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day, Verse Daily, Iron Horse Review (winner, Photo Finish contest), The Sycamore Review, Folio, Cream City Review, and Poetry. Jennifer Martelli has twice received grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council for her poetry. She is co-poetry editor for Mom Egg Review and co-curates the Italian-American Writers Series. 

Website: www.jennifermartelli.com

Twitter Username: @Martelli89

Awards

• Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant in Poetry(2020)

Employment

• Co-poetry editor at Mom Egg Review (September 2015 - )

Degrees

• Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing/Poetry from The Warren Wilson M.F.A. Program for Writers (July 1995)

Genres of Interest

Creative nonfiction, Poetry