Kerri Vinson Snell has lived in McPherson, KS for the past 33 years. Originally from Oklahoma, she is a citizen of Choctaw Nation. She retired this year from the English Department faculty at McPherson College where she taught Creative Writing, Composition and Native American Literature.
Her poetry has been published in several journals including Relief: a Journal of Art and Faith, Foothill, Ruminate, Oklahoma Review, Mikrokosmos, Broad River Review and others. Her MFA manuscript was named at finalist in Crab Orchard Review's first manuscript contest in 2015 and one of the poems from that manuscript was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. In addition, she was named a finalist in Ruminate Magazine's 2017 Poetry Contest and in Broad River Review's 2016 Ron Rash Poetry Contest. In addition to her poetry, she also writes some nonfiction. Before her teaching career, she worked for 15 years as a reporter and editor at the McPherson Sentinel. She sporadically contributes to a blog titled My Writing Life at ahsweetrejection.com, and hopes retirement will afford her more time for writing.
Her poetry has been published in several journals including Relief: a Journal of Art and Faith, Foothill, Ruminate, Oklahoma Review, Mikrokosmos, Broad River Review and others. Her MFA manuscript was named at finalist in Crab Orchard Review's first manuscript contest in 2015 and one of the poems from that manuscript was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. In addition, she was named a finalist in Ruminate Magazine's 2017 Poetry Contest and in Broad River Review's 2016 Ron Rash Poetry Contest. In addition to her poetry, she also writes some nonfiction. Before her teaching career, she worked for 15 years as a reporter and editor at the McPherson Sentinel. She sporadically contributes to a blog titled My Writing Life at ahsweetrejection.com, and hopes retirement will afford her more time for writing.
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