Daniel Nathan Terry
Vita
Vita Fall 2008
DANIEL NATHAN TERRY
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Major concentration: Poetry, second year in three year program. Expected date of graduation: May, 2010.
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Major Concentration: Fiction. May, 2007.
PUBLISHED WORK
Book
Terry, Daniel Nathan. Capturing the Dead. Rochester Hills, MI: NFSPS Press, 2008.
Selected Poems
"Nighthawks" and "In the Tattoo Parlor," forthcoming in Weber: The Contemporary West.
"Loving a Painter," forthcoming in The Adirondak Review.
“Battered Trees on Culp’s Hill—Gettysburg 1865,” Kakalak 2008 Anthology of Carolina Poets.
"The Calling,” Busted Halo.
“Before She Leaves the Delta Forever, Belva Claire Composes Her Husband’s Epitaph and Decides on Two Lines,” Oberon.
“Days of Dark Miracles,” “Requiem for Katrina: Dies Irae,” “Requiem for Katrina: Lacrimosa,” “What Remains,” and “I, Katrina,” The River: The Natchez Poetry Anthology.
“Storm Augury” and “In the Ninth Ward,” Hinges.
AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS
Book Awards
Capturing the Dead—Winner of the 2007 Stevens Poetry Manuscript Contest.
Desire in a Dry Season—finalist 2007 Stevens Poetry Manuscript Contest.
Burning the Peach—semi-finalist 2006 Black River Chapbook Competition, Black Lawrence Press.
Days of Dark Miracles—finalist 2006 Elixir Press Poetry Book Contest.
Days of Dark Miracles—finalist 2006 The Stevens Poetry Manuscript Contest.
Presentations and Readings:
The University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Writer's Week. Wilmington, North Carolina. Panel Co-Presenter: Poetry Publishing Practicum with Lavonne Adams.
Oregon State Poetry Association Fall 2008 Convention, Roseburg, Oregon. Featured Reader and Workshop Conductor. Poems from Capturing the Dead. October 17-18, 2008.
National Federation of State Poetry Societies Convention 2008, Layton, Utah. Stevens Contest Reading. Poems from Capturing the Dead. June 21, 2008.
38th College English Association 2007, New Orleans, Louisiana. Panel Chair and Reader for “Miracles and Margins.” Poems from Days of Dark Miracles. April 12, 2007.
The Association of Writers & Writing Programs 2007, Atlanta, GA. Reader. Poems from Days of Dark Miracles. March 2, 2007.
The University of North Carolina at Wilmington Board of Visitors. Wilmington, North Carolina. Reader. Poems from Days of Dark Miracles. November, 2006.
Grants and Fellowships:
2008 Ralph A. Brauer Research Fellowship for Capturing the Dead.
2007-2010 UNCW Teaching Assistantship.
2006 University of North Carolina Undergraduate Research Opportunity Expansion Initiative Grant for Days of Dark Miracles.
2006 UNCW Travel and Presentation Grant for AWP presentation of Days of Dark Miracles.
2006 UNCW CSURF Travel and Research Grant for CEA presentation of Days of Dark Miracles.
Memberships and Affiliations:
Utah State Poetry Society, Honorary Member
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Creative Writing Department, University of North Carolina Wilmington, August 2007—Present.
Courses Taught:
Introduction to Creative Writing
Explorations in the Creative Process
Forms of Creative Writing
Poetry Writing
Workshops/Lectures:
"History into Poetry" Oregon State Poetry Association Fall 2008 Conference
"History into Poetry" Corban College, Salem Oregon, 2008.
References Upon Request
