Lynn Veach Sadler
Occupation
  • Poet
  • writer
  • college president
LanguageEnglish
Alma materBS, Duke University;
MA, PhD, University of Illinois

Mary Lynn Veach Sadler is an American poet, writer, and playwright.

Biography

A native of North Carolina, she holds a doctorate and a master's degree from the University of Illinois and a bachelor's degree from Duke University.[1] She formerly served as Vice president and Dean of Academic Affairs at Methodist College (now Methodist University) and as President of Johnson State College in Vermont.[2] She is a member of the North Carolina Playwright’s Alliance. She currently works as a full-time writer, and her work has appeared in hundreds of print and electronic publications.

Awards

  • Distinguished Woman of North Carolina, 1992[3]
  • Panelist Choice Award, Albee Last Frontier Theatre Conference, 2000
  • Pittsburgh Quarterly Hay Prize, 2001
  • Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contest, First Place tie, 2002
  • Cape Fear Crime Festival Award, 2002[4]
  • Cecil Hemley Memorial Award, Poetry Society of America, 2003[5]
  • Lee Witte Poetry Contest, Mount Olive Review, 2003
  • Robert Olen Butler Prize (Del Sol Press), Top Ten Finalist, 2004
  • Charles Dickson Chapbook Prize, Georgia Poetry Society, 2005
  • Pinter Review Prize for Drama, Silver Medalist, 2005
  • Abroad Writer’s Contest/Fellowship (France) 2006
  • Bards and Sages Writing Competition, 2nd Place, 2006
  • Good Reads Fiction Book Competition, Honorable Mention, 2007
  • Beach Book Festival, Honorable Mention, 2008
  • Judith Seigel Pearson Award, Wayne State University, 2008
  • Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet, North Carolina Poetry Society 2013[6]

Books

  • Margaret Drabble, Twayne Publishers (University of Michigan), 1986
  • Tonight I Lie with William Cullen Bryant, Publishers Circulation Corp, 1998
  • Poet Geography, Mount Olive College Press, 2003
  • The Men of Endor: Their Works and Times, 1861-1876 (with Robert Albert Wiesner), Railroad House Historical Association, 2006
  • Foot Ways, Bards and Sages Publishing, 2007
  • Not Dreamt of In Your Philosophy, Bards and Sages Publishing, 2008

References

  1. ↑ Boston Globe, People in Education, May 20, 1990
  2. ↑ Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), December 14, 1989
  3. ↑ The Virginian-Pilot, April 3, 1992
  4. ↑ Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), October 20, 2002
  5. ↑ "Past Winners". Poetry Society of America. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Mary Lynn Veach Sadler". North Carolina Poetry Society. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
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