Patrick S. Dixon
Educational Background:
2014 Field’s End Workshop – Kathleen Flenniken Writing and Revising
2013 The Writer’s Workshoppe – Anna Balint Writing from Life
2011 EDGE Writers Program – Artist Trust Prof. Development
2011 Field’s End Workshop – Alice Acheson Marketing Your Writing
1998-1999 Cambridge College MA, Ed., Cambridge, MA
1973 Indiana University BS in Ed., Spec. Ed.
Work Experience:
2013-2014 Anchored in Deep Water: The FisherPoets Anthology Editor/co-Designer
1998-present Dixon Photography/Writing, LLC, Olympia, WA Photography/writing
2000 - 2011 So. Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, WA Adjunct Faculty, Photo
2000 - 2010 Centralia High School, Centralia, WA Faculty, Photo/Annual
2005 - 2006 Centralia High School, Centralia, WA co-Advisor, Writers Club
1998 The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA Visiting Faculty, Photo
1990 - 1991 Kenai Peninsula College, Kenai, AK Adjunct Faculty, Photo
1975 - 1997 Kenai Peninsula Borough Schools, Kenai, AK Faculty, English, Photo
Honors & Awards:
2015 Short List Fish Publishing Contest, Cork, Ireland Fiction The Sinking
2014 Recipient Artist Trust Grants for Artists Project Editing FisherPoets Anth.
2011 2nd Place Seattle Maritime Festival competition Poetry The Bucket
2011 Accepted Bainbridge Island Arts & Humanities
competition – Year of the Sea Poetry
Publications:
Anthologies:
2014 Illusions of Separateness Fallout 2 Poetry
2014 Illusions of Separateness Middle Rip, Cook Inlet Poetry
2014 Gathering Some 4th of Julys Poetry
2014 Gathering So You want to be a Deckhand? Essay
2014 Family Dynamic The Connection Nonfiction
2014 Every Boat Has a Wave Overboard Poetry
2014 Mending Holes A Lot to Hold Nonfiction
2014 Mending Holes Mending Holes Poetry
1999 Like Fish in the Freezer Middle Rip Poetry
1994 Shaping the Landscape Untitled (Dance of Death) Poetry
Articles/Nonfiction:
2014 National Fisherman Never Cross the Lines
2013 Oregon Coast Come Aboard in Astoria: FisherPoets Gathering
2010 Crossroads A Day in the Life-On a Harbor Tug in Seattle
2005 Pacific Fishing Diesel and Dead Fish
1999 Alaska Fisherman’s Journal Trapped on the Reel
1989 National Fisherman Driftnetters Challenge Oil Co. Goliath
Chapbooks:
2009 Swimming with Fish and Other Animals Poetry/Essays/Nonfiction
2004 Fat City Poetry/Essays
Essays:
2009 Journal of Family Life The Connection
2000 Alaska Fisherman's Journal Another Storm
Poetry:
2015 National Fisherman FisherPoem
2014 Cirque Literary Journal Black and White
2014 Cirque Literary Journal Early Summer Sex
2013 Cirque Literary Journal Spiderweb
2012 Cirque Literary Journal Ella Fukushima
2011 Cirque Literary Journal Overboard
2011 Oberon Poetry magazine Boat Puller
2005 AK Fisherman's Journal Fat City in Four Directions
2001 Pacific Fishing Fisher Poets Celebration
2001 Waterman's Gazette Mending Holes
2000 Pacific Fishing magazine Letter to a Landlocked Friend
1989 Alaska Fisherman's Journal Middle Rip, Cook Inlet
Performances/Readings:
1999 - 2015 Fisher Poets Gathering, Astoria, OR Reader/MC
2011 - 2014 Fisher Poets at Panorama, Lacey, WA Poetry
2011 - 2014 Fisher Poets at Harbor Days, Olympia, WA Poetry/Nonfiction
2014 Dinner Theater at Panorama, Lacey, WA Poetry
2014 Tough Guys Reading Poetry, Portland, OR Poetry
2010 - 2013 isher Poets in Kenai, Kenai, AK Poetry
2013 Wooden Boat Festival, Port Townsend, WA Poetry
2013 NW Folklife Festival, Seattle, WA Poetry
2012 Fish Expo, Seattle, WA Poetry/Nonfiction
2011 Spirit of the River, Astoria, OR Poetry
2011 Wooden Boat Festival, Homer, AK Poetry/Nonfiction
2011 NW Folklife Festival, Seattle, WA Poetry/Essays
2010 Spirit of the River, Astoria, OR Poetry
2010 Poets West, Seattle, WA Poetry
2010 Fishermen Out Loud, Kodiak, AK Poetry
2008 Sea Stories at Ft. Flagler, WA Poetry
2008 Kodiak Out Loud, Kodiak, AK Poetry
2007 Fish Expo, Seattle, WA Poetry
2006 NW Folklife Festival, Seattle, WA Poetry
Presentations:
Oct. 2013 Kenai Alternative School, Kenai, AK Writing about Work
Oct. 2013 Nikiski High School, Nikiski, AK Writing about Work
Oct. 2013 Skyview High School, Soldotna, AK Writing about Work
Oct. 2013 Kenai Visitors Center, Kenai, AK Poetry Workshop
Apr. 2010 Kodiak High School, Kodiak, AK On Writing
Apr. 2008 Kodiak Community Center, Kodiak, AK Poetry Workshop
Sep. 1993 Alaska Art Educators Ass'n., Seldovia, AK On Creativity
Oct. 1993 Pratt State Museum, Homer, AK Dancescape
Professional Affiliations:
Academy of American Poets New York, NY
Artist Trust Seattle, Washington
Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Fairfax, VA
Field’s End Writer’s Community Bainbridge Island, WA
Panorama Writer’s Group Lacey, WA
Educational Background:
2014 Field’s End Workshop – Kathleen Flenniken Writing and Revising
2013 The Writer’s Workshoppe – Anna Balint Writing from Life
2011 EDGE Writers Program – Artist Trust Prof. Development
2011 Field’s End Workshop – Alice Acheson Marketing Your Writing
1998-1999 Cambridge College MA, Ed., Cambridge, MA
1973 Indiana University BS in Ed., Spec. Ed.
Work Experience:
2013-2014 Anchored in Deep Water: The FisherPoets Anthology Editor/co-Designer
1998-present Dixon Photography/Writing, LLC, Olympia, WA Photography/writing
2000 - 2011 So. Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, WA Adjunct Faculty, Photo
2000 - 2010 Centralia High School, Centralia, WA Faculty, Photo/Annual
2005 - 2006 Centralia High School, Centralia, WA co-Advisor, Writers Club
1998 The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA Visiting Faculty, Photo
1990 - 1991 Kenai Peninsula College, Kenai, AK Adjunct Faculty, Photo
1975 - 1997 Kenai Peninsula Borough Schools, Kenai, AK Faculty, English, Photo
Honors & Awards:
2015 Short List Fish Publishing Contest, Cork, Ireland Fiction The Sinking
2014 Recipient Artist Trust Grants for Artists Project Editing FisherPoets Anth.
2011 2nd Place Seattle Maritime Festival competition Poetry The Bucket
2011 Accepted Bainbridge Island Arts & Humanities
competition – Year of the Sea Poetry
Publications:
Anthologies:
2014 Illusions of Separateness Fallout 2 Poetry
2014 Illusions of Separateness Middle Rip, Cook Inlet Poetry
2014 Gathering Some 4th of Julys Poetry
2014 Gathering So You want to be a Deckhand? Essay
2014 Family Dynamic The Connection Nonfiction
2014 Every Boat Has a Wave Overboard Poetry
2014 Mending Holes A Lot to Hold Nonfiction
2014 Mending Holes Mending Holes Poetry
1999 Like Fish in the Freezer Middle Rip Poetry
1994 Shaping the Landscape Untitled (Dance of Death) Poetry
Articles/Nonfiction:
2014 National Fisherman Never Cross the Lines
2013 Oregon Coast Come Aboard in Astoria: FisherPoets Gathering
2010 Crossroads A Day in the Life-On a Harbor Tug in Seattle
2005 Pacific Fishing Diesel and Dead Fish
1999 Alaska Fisherman’s Journal Trapped on the Reel
1989 National Fisherman Driftnetters Challenge Oil Co. Goliath
Chapbooks:
2009 Swimming with Fish and Other Animals Poetry/Essays/Nonfiction
2004 Fat City Poetry/Essays
Essays:
2009 Journal of Family Life The Connection
2000 Alaska Fisherman's Journal Another Storm
Poetry:
2015 National Fisherman FisherPoem
2014 Cirque Literary Journal Black and White
2014 Cirque Literary Journal Early Summer Sex
2013 Cirque Literary Journal Spiderweb
2012 Cirque Literary Journal Ella Fukushima
2011 Cirque Literary Journal Overboard
2011 Oberon Poetry magazine Boat Puller
2005 AK Fisherman's Journal Fat City in Four Directions
2001 Pacific Fishing Fisher Poets Celebration
2001 Waterman's Gazette Mending Holes
2000 Pacific Fishing magazine Letter to a Landlocked Friend
1989 Alaska Fisherman's Journal Middle Rip, Cook Inlet
Performances/Readings:
1999 - 2015 Fisher Poets Gathering, Astoria, OR Reader/MC
2011 - 2014 Fisher Poets at Panorama, Lacey, WA Poetry
2011 - 2014 Fisher Poets at Harbor Days, Olympia, WA Poetry/Nonfiction
2014 Dinner Theater at Panorama, Lacey, WA Poetry
2014 Tough Guys Reading Poetry, Portland, OR Poetry
2010 - 2013 isher Poets in Kenai, Kenai, AK Poetry
2013 Wooden Boat Festival, Port Townsend, WA Poetry
2013 NW Folklife Festival, Seattle, WA Poetry
2012 Fish Expo, Seattle, WA Poetry/Nonfiction
2011 Spirit of the River, Astoria, OR Poetry
2011 Wooden Boat Festival, Homer, AK Poetry/Nonfiction
2011 NW Folklife Festival, Seattle, WA Poetry/Essays
2010 Spirit of the River, Astoria, OR Poetry
2010 Poets West, Seattle, WA Poetry
2010 Fishermen Out Loud, Kodiak, AK Poetry
2008 Sea Stories at Ft. Flagler, WA Poetry
2008 Kodiak Out Loud, Kodiak, AK Poetry
2007 Fish Expo, Seattle, WA Poetry
2006 NW Folklife Festival, Seattle, WA Poetry
Presentations:
Oct. 2013 Kenai Alternative School, Kenai, AK Writing about Work
Oct. 2013 Nikiski High School, Nikiski, AK Writing about Work
Oct. 2013 Skyview High School, Soldotna, AK Writing about Work
Oct. 2013 Kenai Visitors Center, Kenai, AK Poetry Workshop
Apr. 2010 Kodiak High School, Kodiak, AK On Writing
Apr. 2008 Kodiak Community Center, Kodiak, AK Poetry Workshop
Sep. 1993 Alaska Art Educators Ass'n., Seldovia, AK On Creativity
Oct. 1993 Pratt State Museum, Homer, AK Dancescape
Professional Affiliations:
Academy of American Poets New York, NY
Artist Trust Seattle, Washington
Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Fairfax, VA
Field’s End Writer’s Community Bainbridge Island, WA
Panorama Writer’s Group Lacey, WA