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​Nawal Nader-French

Before immigrating to the United States and landing in Colorado twenty plus years ago, Nawal grew up in Accra, Beirut, and lived in Hamburg, London, and Hawaii. Her poems appear or are forthcoming in RHINO, Fence, Texas Review, Bayou Magazine, AMP , Grist Journal (2017 ProForma Contest Finalist), Progenitor Art & Literary Journal, Rogue Agent, and The Elephants.net. Her poem “That I remember” was nominated Sundress Publications' 2017 Best of the Net. Her manuscript, A Hemmed Remnant was a finalist in the 2018 Ron Sillerman Prize for African Poets by the University of Nebraska Press and one of three finalists in the 2018 Brigham Award through Lost Roads. Nawal earned an MFA in Poetry from the Mile-High MFA at Regis University, a BA in English with secondary education from University of Northern Colorado, and an MA in Curriculum and Instruction. In the past she taught English, authored high school curriculum and graduate professional development courses, and was the Instructional Coordinator of eLearning in St. Vrain Valley Schools. Nawal is an adjunct professor in Front Range Community College’s Department of English and the founding editor-in-chief of Inverted Syntax. She can be found @nawalnader and at nawalnader.com.

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