Katayoon Zandvakili

Katayoon Zandvakili's collection of poetry, Deer Table Legs, won the University of Georgia Press Contemporary Poetry Series prize, and the book’s title poem was awarded a Pushcart Prize.

Her work has been anthologized -- American Poetry: The Next Generation, A World Between: Poems, Short Stories, and Essays by Iranian-Americans, Let Me Tell You Where I've Been: New Writing by Women of the Iranian Diaspora, Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia and Beyond, The Poetry of Iranian Women, and In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself, Volume 8 -- and published in journals such as Lumina, caesura, Five Fingers Review, Rattapallax, Arte East, Private Photo Review, and narrativemagazine.com.

Katayoon's latest projects include My Beautiful Impostor: A Memoir of Persia and Lies, a new volume of poetry, the novel How My Manners Almost Killed Me and script Everyday Eternal.

Katayoon is honored to serve on the MFA Advisory Board at St. Mary's College and to be a member of the Iranian-American Writers Association. Of Persian heritage, she considers herself a global citizen.

With gratitude for your time and kind attention.

Yours in Light and Joy ~
Katayoon