Awards & Recognitions
I was writing poems quietly, quite under the radar of public notice, for decades before any kind of formal institutional recognition or support. To receive honors and awards late in one’s writing life is a sustaining kind of nourishment.
Grantee
Artist Opportunity Grant, AZ Commission on the Arts (2024)
Quarter-Finalist
Exile in One-Bulb Nights (full-length poetry manuscript), Able Muse Award (2023)
Runner-Up
2023 International Literary Seminars Fiction/Poetry Contest: “A Single Width of Shade,” “Need,” “To Know Blue from the Color of Snow at Dusk”
Semi-Finalist
2023 12th Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards competition: “A Single Width of Shade,” “Joe’s Liquor Store,” “Home Running Away,” “Need,” “Sainte Geneviève”
Long-listed
The ASP Bulletin’s First Annual Poetry Contest (2023): “Vermont Photo,” “Goodspeed Landing,” “Joe’s Liquor Store”
Long-listed
Exile in One-Bulb Nights (full-length poetry manuscript): Small Harbor Press (2023)
Finalist
First Annual Sunken Garden Poetry Competition (2003): “A Miner’s Tale,” “Sainte Geneviève,” “Pine and Granite”
Grantee
Artist Fellowship in Poetry, CT Commission on the Arts (1999)
Finalist
Atlanta Review International Poetry Competition, 1996: “Sky, Fence, Fields,” “With Wormwood at the Craps Table,” “On the Verge”
Runner-Up
Envoi International Poetry Competition, 1996 (UK): “In the Middle of the Road,” “On the Verge”
Finalist
Chelsea Award Poetry Competition, 1996: “Avril, Ile-Sainte Louis,” “Sur la Montagne Ste-Geneviève,” “Your Name on a Grain of Rice”
Commendation
U.K.’s Poets-of-the-Year Competition, 1994: “The Father Poem”
Marrilyn G., Poet & Writer, M.A. Candidate in Narrative Studies, ASU
“Alexandra Burack is a highly influential professor who has a specialty in recognizing a writer's potential through their work. Her continuous guidance has strengthened both my creativity and academic writing. Her meticulous editing produces the best work possible, which is both insightful and incredibly valuable for future pieces. I have discovered that poetry remains forever life-changing and full of history. I can’t thank her enough for her mentorship and honesty, which have helped me to nurture my skills as a reader, poet, and essayist.”