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Jarrett Ziemer

Jarrett Ziemer is an MFA student in creative writing at Western Colorado University and an Assistant Poetry Editor for Terrain.org. Jarrett’s poem “A Fish-Tenkara” was awarded an honorable mention in Deep Wild Journal‘s 2023 graduate student writing contest, and his poem “A Bed as a Nest” was awarded an honorable mention in Dreamers Magazine’s 2023 “Dreamers Writing Contest.” Jarrett received an International Merit Award in the Atlanta Review 2023 International Poetry Competition, was the featured poet at the 33rd annual Headwaters Conference, and is beyond excited to be a 2024 Jack Straw Fellow. Jarrett’s work can be found in Belmont Story Review, Creative Nonfiction Magazine, and other publications. Jarrett can be found with his partner and two dogs somewhere camping in the wild places between the Pacific Northwest and Southern Colorado.

2024 Writers Program