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Patrick S. Dixon
Patrick S. Dixon
Honors & Awards:
2016 Runner Up FISH Publishing 2016 Poetry Anthology Flash in the Distance
2015 Winner Morris Memorial Chapbook Competition–Alabama State Poetry Society Arc of Visibility
2015 Short List Fish Publishing Fiction Contest, Cork, Ireland The Sinking
2014 Recipient Artist Trust Grants for Artists Project – Editing FisherPoets Anthology
2011 2nd Place Seattle Maritime Festival poetry competition The Bucket
2011 Accepted Bainbridge Island Arts & Humanities poetry competition – Year of the Sea Buoys
Publications:
Anthologies:
2016 Our Last Walk: Poems of Pet Loss 5 poems Poetry
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
* One of seven volumes of Anchored in Deep Water: The FisherPoets Anthology
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 Cirque Literary Journal Best Effort, Sextant
2014 Cirque Literary Journal Black and White , 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:
2016 What Water Knows, Bellingham, WA
2015 Fisherpoets on Lake Union, Seattle, WA
1999-2016 FisherPoets Gathering, Astoria, OR
2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015 NW Folklife Festival, Seattle, WA
2011-2014 Fisher Poets at Panorama, Lacey, WA
2011-2014 Fisher Poets at Harbor Days, Olympia, WA
2014 Dinner Theater at Panorama, Lacey, WA
2014 Tough Guys Reading Poetry, Portland, OR
2010-2013 Fisher Poets in Kenai, Kenai, AK
2013 Wooden Boat Festival, Port Townsend, WA
2012, 2015 Fish Expo, Seattle, WA
2011 Spirit of the River, Astoria, OR
2011 Wooden Boat Festival, Homer, AK
2010 Spirit of the River, Astoria, OR
2010 Poets West, Seattle, WA
2010 Fishermen Out Loud, Kodiak, AK
2008 Sea Stories at Ft. Flagler, WA
2008 Kodiak Out Loud, Kodiak, AK
2007 Fish Expo, Seattle, WA
Presentations:
Feb. 2016 FisherPoets Gathering Community Poem Project
Nov. 2015 Paul Gillie Memorial Workshop On Writing Poetry
Oct. 2013 Kenai School District Nikiski, 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
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:
2016 Waterlogged - Poems by Geno Leech Editor/Designer
2013-2014 Anchored in Deep Water: The FisherPoets Anthology Editor/co-Designer
2013 2.5 gif – Poems by Rob Seitz Editor/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
Professional Affiliations:
Academy of American Poets New York, NY
Artist Trust Seattle, Washington
Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Fairfax, VA
BARN Writer’s Community Bainbridge Island, WA
Panorama Writer’s Group Olympia, WA