Laura E. Garrard

Book, Anthology & Journal publications

(in order of publication date)

• Teton Spirit Magazine, “True Joy: Accepting Unconditional Love,” feature article with original art
• Teton Spirit Connection, “Spring Self Rising” poem
• Teton Spirit Magazine, “Nothing But the Soul I Wear” poem
• Moments by Agnes Bourne, “I Sit, I Wait” poem
• Potpourri: Poems. Prose. Pictures, a compilation that includes forty of Garrard’s poem/prose pieces as well as her photography
• Tidepools, “Paddling the Sweet Spot” poem
• The Madrona Project: The Empty Bowl Cookbook, “My Mother’s Parents Free Ranged” poem
• Poets of the Promise Anthology, 2023, “Finally, Trust in the Unknown” poem
• Wild Women – TulipTree Review (Honorable Mention),
  “I’m Not the Heroine of Your Cancer Novel” poem
• Silver Birch Journal, “My Mother’s Hands in Mine” poem
• Poetry That Fits – OncoLink.org, “The More Moments I Find Prismatic, The Less Dark My Attic,” “The First Axe Falls,” “Stigmatized and Written Off,” “Looking Out, Looking In,” “I Don’t Have All the Answers,” “I Can’t Go Back” poems
• The Madrona Project: This Machine Is Made for Earth – Empty Bowl Press, “I Laugh So Hard My Catheter Pinches” poem
• Thin Places & Sacred Spaces – Amethyst Review, “Filled to the Brim” poem
• Stories That Need to be Told – TulipTree Review (Merit Prize: “Love” and Pushcart Prize nominee), “Hugging Alder” poem
• Inspired by Art: Olympic Peninsula Authors & Artists, “Doors of Unknown Significance,” “Entrance,” “Salmon Parent,” & “Riding Through the Plains” poems
• Poetry That Fits – OncoLink.org, “My Body Speaks,” “Jealousy on the Surface,” “Does Grief Die,” “Suffer the Questions,” “It’s Hard to Let Go of Work,” “I Have Pleaded on my Knees” poems
• Poets of the Promise Anthology, 2024, “The Son Came to Speak” poem
• Amethyst Review, “Elegy to a Cancer Altar” (also a Semifinalist, Stories That Need to be Told, TulipTree Review) poem
• Amethyst Review, “What Can I Say About Eating Raisins During the Storm?” poem
• Bellevue Literary Review (Finalist in the John & Eileen Allman Prize for Poetry), “Homage to My Radiated Hip” poem
• Silver Birch Journal, “The In-Between” poem
• Poetry That Fits – OncoLink.org, “Breaking Through the Storms” series poem
• Stone World – Four Feathers Press, “The Megalithic Circle Speaks To My Bones,” “My Body Is In Ireland Today,” and “Gros Ventre, Wyoming” poems
• Silver Birch Journal, “Spider, I Envy You” poem
• Stories That Need to be Told – TulipTree Review, “Rash Writes This Poem During the Broken Night” poem
• The Journal of Expressive Writing, “Joy is disguised” poem
• Pangyrus, “Braided Spring” poem
• The Orchards Poetry Journal, “Cry Breathe Try Repeat” poem
• Amethyst Review, “Epic Spring” poem
• Tidepools, “Spring Invasions” poem
• Silver Birch Journal, “On a Bluebird Day at Great America” poem
• Forthcoming:
• Writing the Sacred – Amethyst Review, “I Will Write as Long as I Breathe” essay
• The Healing Muse, “My Tank Is Cancer” poem
• Khvahish-The Wish, The Voyager anthology, “Peace Feels Like” poem

Honors

• Scholarships from Centrum: Port Townsend Writers Conferences (2022, 2023, & 2024); Poetry Writers Conference (2023)
• Scholarship, Chosen Tieton LiTFUSE Poetry Festival Scholar by poet Gary Copeland Lilley (2022)
• Semifinalist, TulipTree Review for “Raven Woman I Am,” Wild Women anthology contest (2024)
• Honorable Mention and Publication, TulipTree Review for “I’m Not the Heroine of Your Cancer Novel,” Wild Women anthology contest (2024)
• Semifinalist, TulipTree Review for “Elegy of a Cancer Altar,” Stories That Need to be Told anthology contest (2024)
• Pushcart Prize Nominee and Merit Winner (Love category), TulipTree Review for “Hugging Alder,” Stories That Need to be Told anthology contest (2024)
• Finalist, Bellevue Literary Review, John & Eileen Allman Prize for Poetry for “Homage to My Radiated Hip” (2024)
• Semifinalist and Publication Acceptance, Finishing Line Press Open Poetry Book Contest for Paddling the Sweet Spot Between Life and Death (2025)
• Acceptance to and scholarship granted for the PocketMFA Program (2025), deferring to August 2026
• Honorable Mention, MoonPath Press, Sally Albiso Poetry Book Award, for full-length poetry book (2025)
• Honorable Mention and publication, TulipTree Review for “Rash Writes This Poem During the Broken Night,” Stories That Need to be Told anthology contest (2025)
• Semifinalist, TulipTree Review for “Baskets,” Stories That Need to be Told anthology contest (2025)
• Semifinalist, TulipTree Review for “Car Talk,” Humor (2025)

Poetry in the Park, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center

• 2022 – “I Have to Chase That Squirrel”
• 2023 – “Finding Rest in an Old Growth Forest”
• 2024 – “Contrast”
• 2025 – “Varied Ixoreus Thrush”

Reading Engagements

• Celebration of Shadows, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center (2022 & 2023)
• Summertide Festival, Poetry in the Park, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center (2002-25)
• Featured Author, Olympic Peninsula Authors Open Mic (2023)
• Empty Bowl Cookbook, The Madrona Project, Olympic Peninsula Authors Open Mic (2024)
• Take a Stand: Poets Against Hate, It’s About Time Series, Seattle Central Public Library (2024)
• Stadium Generale, Inspired by Art Ekphrastic Reading, Little Theater, Peninsula College (2025)
• Expressing Solidarity & Resilience in Our Togetherness, Imprint Bookshop, Port Townsend (2025)
• Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, Banned Book Project, Raven Chronicles Press Podcast (2025)
• Cirque Book Launch of Surrounded by Weasals by Tess Gallgher and Josie Gray, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center (2025)
• Ekphrastic Reading for Fiber on the Strait Art Exhibit at the Field Arts & Events Hall with Olympic Peninsula Authors (2025)
• Presales Poetry Party for Paddling the Sweet Spot Between Life and Death, Dungeness River Nature Center Rainshadow Hall (2025) – 60 in attendance
• Creative Colloquy Open Mic & Literary Reading, Tacoma (2026)
• Olympia Poetry Network New Book Showcase, Olympia Art Walk (2026)
• Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Book Release Reading (2026)
• Everett Poetry Night Featured Author (2026) – 20 in attendance
• Imprint Bookshop Spring Showcase Featured Author (2026)
• PoetryBridge at C and P Coffee, West Seattle, Featured Author (2026) – 20 in attendance
• Paddling the Sweet Spot Book Launch with poet Linda Myers at Port Angeles Fine Arts Center (2026) – 20 in attendance
• CoastLines Poetry Salon Featured Reader at Gentle House, Port Angeles (2026)
• Third Place Books Seward, Seattle, Release Reading for seedfall, Vol. 2: Emergence (2026)
• It’s About Time Writers Reading Series Featured Author, Ballard Branch, Seattle Public Library (2026) – 30 in attendance
• Elliott Bay Book Co. Featured Reader and Book Signing with Carolyne Wright and Sandra Yannone, Seattle (2026)
• Eagle Harbor Book Co. Featured Reader and Book Signing with Sandra Yannone and Kelli Russell Agodon, Bainbridge Island (2026) – 20 in attendance
• Poems & Pours, Nomadic Wine Bar, Seattle, with Deborrah Corr, Katharine Threat and Lynne Ellis (2026) – 65 in attendance