F. J. Bergmann

Poet

Madison, WI

Wisconsin US

Email:

demiurge@fibitz.com

Website:

fibitz.com

Twitter/X:

@FJBergmann

Author's Bio

F.J. Bergmann writes poetry and science fiction, often simultaneously. A lack of academic literary qualifications does not preclude friendship with those so encumbered.

Publications & Prizes

Chapbooks:

A Catalogue of the Further Suns (Gold Line Press, 2017)

Out of the Black Forest (Centennial Press, 2012)

Constellation of the Dragonfly (Plan B Press, 2008)

Aqua Regia (Parallel Press, 2007)

Sauce Robert (Pavement Saw Press, 2003)

Journals:

asinine poetry

Beloit Poetry Journal

Big Bridge

Binnacle

Black Box

Blue Fifth Review

Blue Unicorn

Cannibal

Chiron Review

Cup of Poems

Diagram

Dreams and Nightmares

Five Fingers Review

Foliate Oak

Free Verse

Get Underground

Horse Less Review

Hotel Amerika

Hummingbird

Lumina

M Review

Main Street Rag

Malleable Jangle

Margie

Mississippi Review

North American Review

nth position

Pavement Saw

Poetry Midwest

Real Poetik

Southern Poetry Review

Sow's Ear Poetry Review

Stirring

Tattoo Highway

The 13th Warrior

Unpleasant Event Schedule

Ur-Vox

West Wind Review

Wheelhouse

Wind

Words & Images

Prizes won:

2018 Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association Elgin Chapbook Award, 2015 Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association Rhysling Award for the Long Poem, 2012 Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association Elgin Chapbook Award, 2011 Heartland Review's Joy Bale Boone Prize, 2010 Wis. Fellowship of Poets Triad Prize (both eligible categories), 2010 Atlanta Review International Publication Prize, 2009 Tapestry of Bronze Demeter Prize, 2009 Tattoo Highway 18 Contest, 2008 Science Fiction Poetry Association Rhysling Award for the Short Poem, 2007 Atlanta Review International Publication Prize, 2007 Tattoo Highway 15 Contest, 2006 Mary Shelley Imaginative Fiction Award, 2004 Pauline Ellis Prose Poetry Prize, 2003 Mary Roberts Rinehart National Poetry Award

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now:

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, Climate Reply by Trey Moody, The Sun Inside by David J. Schwartz, The Magicians by Lev Grossman, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward R. Tufte

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

European American, White

Prefers to work with:

Adults, Mental Health

Fluent in:

French

Born in:

Madison

Raised in:

Janesville, WI

Wisconsin

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Last update: May 20, 2019