Lynn Veach Sadler

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.

• 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]