Julie Marie Wade

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Julie Marie Wade (born 1979) [1] is an American writer and professor of creative writing. Wade has received numerous awards for her writing, most notably winning the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography in 2011 for her book Wishbone. [2]

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Biography

Wade was born in Seattle, Washington in 1979 [1] and came out as gay in 2002 at the age of 23. [3] She currently lives with her wife, Angie Griffin, in Hollywood, Florida. [4]

Education

Wade received a Bachelor of Arts in 2000 from the University of London, where she studied English and Psychology. [5] She then attended Western Washington University, where she graduated with a Master of Arts in English, as well as a graduate certificate in Composition Studies, in 2003. [5] In 2006, she received a Master of Fine Arts in Poetry and a graduate certificate in Women's Studies from the University of Pittsburgh in 2006. [5] She later studied Interdisciplinary Humanities at the University of Louisville, receiving a Doctor of Philosophy in 2012. [5]

Career

Aside from writing, Wade has worked at many educational institutions: Western Washington University, Arlington Elementary School in Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Carlow University, Olney Friends School, the University of Louisville, and Florida International University.

Wade currently serves as an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Florida International University in Miami. [6] She has received grants from the Kentucky Arts Council and the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund. [7]

Awards

Wade has been a finalist and winner of many writing prizes, some of which are noted in the table below.

YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2005"Lying in Bed" Oscar Wilde Award Won [8]
2009"Four Eyes in a Dark Room"Mary C. Mohr Nonfiction Award, Southern Indiana Review 2nd Prize [5]
2011Wishbone Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography Won [2]
2012Small Fires Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography Nominated [9]
2012TremoloBloom Nonfiction Chapbook PrizeWon [10]
2012“Meditation 32”Thomas Wilhelmus Award in Creative Nonfiction, Southern Indiana Review Nominated [11]
2012SixIdaho Prize for PoetryNominated [12]
2014SixA Room of Her Own Foundation's To The Lighthouse PrizeWon [10]
2014“Trilogy”Robert and Adele Schiff Award in Prose, The Cincinnati Review Honorable mention [13]
2015When I Was StraightOver the Rainbow ListSelection [14]
2015“Source Amnesia” Spoon River Editors’ Prize in PoetryWon [15]
2016“Meditation 36”Thomas Wilhelmus Award in Creative Nonfiction, Southern Indiana Review Won [4]
2019“503A” Pushcart Prize Special mention [16]
2019“Perfect Hands”Robert and Adele Schiff Award in Prose, The Cincinnati Review Won [17]
2021Just an Ordinary Woman Breathing Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian NonfictionNominated [18]
2024Otherwise Lambda Literary Award for Nonfiction Pending [19]

Books

Creative nonfiction

Hybrid forms

Poetry

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  2. 1 2 "23rd Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners". Lambda Literary. 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
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  4. 1 2 "Thomas A. Wilhelmus Short Prose Award". University of Southern Indiana. Archived from the original on 2022-02-23. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
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