Certified Listener Poet,
Cohort 9 Fall 2024
Anne Marie Wells is an award-winning and Pushcart-nominated poet as well as a playwright, memoirist, and oral storyteller. She is the founder of the weekly Zoom show, The Joy of Poeting and the author of two collections of poetry: Survived By: A Memoir in Verse + Other Poems (Curious Corvid Publishing, 2023) and Mother, (v) which won the 2023 Cinnamon Press Chapbook Contest.
She has won several writing contests and earned a number of accolades including the Peter K. Hixson Memorial award in poetry presented by Writer's Relief, the Milestone Award presented by Wyoming Writers, Inc., the Rising Star Award presented by the Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce, and two Pushcart prize nominations.
She is a Certified Listener Poet, freelance editor, writing coach, and creative writing instructor. When she's not writing, she is spending time outdoors with her family, completing the New York Times crossword puzzle, on her yoga mat, or doggy paddling in the shallow end of the public pool.
Learn more at AnneMarieWellsWriter.com