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Anna Evans claims her poetry is autobiographical without being necessarily true.: The truth within poems lies in how they make the reader feel or experience things from a different perspective. Ultimately, everything comes down to the poetry. Anna Evans is a former President of the Burlington County Poets of New Jersey, and a member of the Quick and Dirty Poets. She is editor of The Barefoot Muse. Chapbooks Swimming is available as of March 2006 from Maverick Duck Press, (formerly Powerscore Press.) Short Fiction Anna's Short Short story Gritty won second prize in the 2004 Philadelphia Writers' Conference "Words On The Wall" short story contest and is published in the Fall 2004 issue of Outsider Ink e-zine. Her short story Skins gained an Honorable Mention in a recent ShortStory contest run by Byline magazine. Her short story Impressions was published by The Stockpot. Her short stories Refuge and Desert Creatures were published by Toasted Cheese, who also nominated Desert Creatures for a Pushcart Prize.

Published Poetry Here you can read selections from Anna Evans's published poems to date, with links to the publication where a website is available. Her poems have appeared in journals including Rattle, the Formalist, the Evansville Review and Measure. Her poetry has been nominated three times for the Pushcart Prize, and she is currently enrolled in the Bennington College MFA Program. Some translations from de la Fontaine's Fables, Book II: Fable I, Fable II The Barefoot Muse Anna's new e-zine for formal (metrical) poetry. Issues #1, #2, #3 and #4 are archived online. Issue #5 is online now. Includes submissions guidelines. Long Fiction/Novels First Novel - Summer Help One Page Plot Synopsis A brief excerpt for flavor only Anna Evans is currently looking for a publisher/agent for her first novel Summer Help and has begun a second novel.