Matthew Nienow is the author of two chapbooks: The Smallest Working Pieces (Toadlily Press, 2009) and Two Sides of the Same Thing (Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2007).  His work has recently appeared or is forthcoming in Best New Poets, Cincinnati Review, Indiana Review, The Journal and Prairie Schooner. He has received scholarships to the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference, a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize and two Individual Artist Awards from Seattle’s leading arts organization, 4Culture (2009, 2010). His MFA is from the University of Washington where he was the Lauren D. Milliman Fellow.

He recently moved to Port Townsend, WA with his wife, Elie, and their son, River, where he will be attending the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding in preparation for opening his own small boat shop in the near future.

An up-to-date CV can be found here.