Authors and Illustrators Database

Born: 11/10/1950  Pontiac, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Parents: James F. and Barbara J. Sterling
Children: Matthew, Rachel, Sarah, Andrew, Graham
Address(es):
Permanent:
Lowell, MI
Contact Information:
Email: [email protected]

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	And Then Snow	Poetry	Adult	Mint Hill, NC : Main Street Rag Publishing	2017
	The Michigan Poet: Collected Poems 2010-2015/ by Foster Neill and Jonathan Jay Taylor - Contributor	Michigan, Poetry	Adult	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	2016
	And For All This: Poems from Isle Royale	Poetry	Adult	Ridgeway Press	2015
	Write Michigan : 2013 Anthology - Contributor	Fiction, Michigan, Short Stories	Adult	Grand Rapids, Mich. : Chapbook Press	2013
	Poetry in Michigan in poetry / edited by William Olsen & Jack Ridl	Michigan, Poetry	Adult	Kalamazoo, Michigan : New Issues Poetry & Prose, The College of Arts and Sciences, Western Michigan University	2013
	In Which Brief Stories Are Told	Michigan, Short Stories	Adult	Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press	2011
	Quatrains	Poetry	Adult	Pudding House Publishing	2006
	Significant others	Poetry	Adult	Main Street Rag Publishing	2005
	Imported breads: Literature of cultural exchange	Non Fiction	Adult	Mammoth Books	2003
	Mutual Shores	Poetry	Adult	Kalamazoo, Mich. : New Issues, Western Michigan University	2000
	Our working lives : short stories of people and work / edited by Bonnie Jo Campbell & Larry Smith - Contributor.	Fiction, Short Stories	Adult	Huron, Ohio : Bottom Dog Press	2000
	Crossing the Borders: English Studies at the Turn of the Century - Conference Proceedings, Kamien Slaski 12-13 March, 1998.	Non Fiction	Adult	Uniwersytet Opolski	1999
	Lublin Studies in Modern Languages and Literature	Non Fiction			1999
	Up and Down the River Anthology	Non Fiction		Humanities Council of West Central Michigan	1999
	1997 Anthology of Magazine Verse and Yearbook of American Poetry	Poetry	Adult	Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan	1998
	BELL: Belgian Essays on Languages and Literature	Non Fiction	Adult	Dép. d'anglais, Université de Liège	1993
	Passages north anthology : a decade of good writing / edited by Elinor Benedict ; preface by Charles Baxter. - Contributor	Fiction, Non Fiction, Poetry	Adult	Minneapolis, Minn. : Milkweed Editions	1990
	- Poems, stories, essays in dozens of journals and magazines such as The Detroit Free Press Magazine, West Michigan Magazine, Michigan Country Lines, Upstate New York, New York Alive, Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, The MacGuffin, Hayden's Ferry Review, Seneca Review, Boston Literary Review, Sucarnochee Review, Paris Review, Kenyon Review, North American Review, Western Humanities Review, Poetry Daily	Poetry

What is the aim or goal of your writing: "To teach and delight."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet

Name	Date
Artist-in-Residence, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, September 2016	2016
Writer-in-Residence, Ludington Writers, September 2015	2015
Winner, Monstrosities of the Midway Contest, Midway Journalx	2015
Winner, Third Annual Dickens Christmas Fiction Contest, michiganderspost.com	2015
Artist-in-Residence, Isle Royale National Park, August 2014	2014
Runner-up, Rusty Toque Fiction Chapbook Competition 2014	2014
Midwest Book Awards Finalist (Short Story/Anthology Category for In Which Brief Stories Are Told )	2011
The Micro Award Finalist for the short story “Coda”	2011
ForeWord Book of the Year Award Finalist (Short Stories Category for In Which Brief Stories Are Told)	2011
Field Reader for the Javits fellowship - Award received for following years: 2003, 2006	2003-2006
Senior Fulbright Lecturer to Poland	1997-1998
Walt Whitman Award Finalist (Academy of American Poets)	1995
Literature Panelist for Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Competition (U.S. Department of Education)	1994
Poetry Society of America, runner up for Robert Winner Memorial Award	1992
Michigan Association of Governing Boards Distinguished Faculty Award	1992
Fulbright Lecturer in Belgium	1992-1993
PEN Syndicated Fiction Award	1991
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship	1990
Bay de Noc Writers' Conference Emerging Writer Assistantship	1989
Poet Hunt, First Place - Award received for following years: 1989, 1991	1989-1991
National Poetry Series Finalist	1987

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