Mary Pinard

Academic Division: Arts & HumanitiesMary Pinard is Professor of English at Babson College. She earned a B.A. in English and Theatre from Saint Mary’s College (Notre Dame, IN), an M.A. in English from University of Chicago, and an M.F.A. in Poetry from Vermont College. Professor Pinard''s poems have appeared in a variety of literary journals—including The Iowa Review, Harvard Review, Prairie Schooner, and The Georgia Review—and she has been the recipient of several national awards for her poetry. Portal, her collection of poems, was published in 2014 by Salmon Press (Ireland). Her essays on poetics and poets, including Alice Oswald and Lorine Niedecker, have been published in critical anthologies and scholarly journals. More information about her poetry, public readings, and publications can be found at www.marypinard.com. As a member of the Arts and Humanities Division, Professor Pinard teaches courses in foundation humanities, literature, and poetry. She has also served in a range of administrative positions at Babson, including as Director of the Undergraduate Rhetoric Program, Coordinator of the Creativity Stream in the MBA Program, Writing Center Director, and Chair of Arts and Humanities.

Academic Degrees

• M.F.A., Vermont College of Norwich University
• MA, University of Chicago
• BA, Saint Mary''s College

Academic Interests

Contemporary American Poetry; Writing Pedagogy

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Awards & Honors

2017 - Honorable Mention: "Late in the Season, Widow Gardening" , 2017 Robinson Jeffers Tor House Prize for Poetry: Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation

2016 - Semi-Finalist, "Widow With Extra Doors," Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry, Nimrod International Journal

2014 - Changemaker Award, Lewis Institute

2013 - Carpenter Prize, Babson College

2011 - Finalist, Joy Harjo Poetry Contest, Cutthroat: A Journal for the Arts

2009 - Finalist, Joy Harjo Poetry Contest, Cutthroat: A Journal for the Arts

2009 - Finalist, Guy Owen Prize Contest, The Southern Review, literary journal

2009 - W.B. Yeats Society of New York Poetry Competition, Honorable Mention, W.B. Yeats Society of New York

2009 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Award, Babson College

2009 - Finalist, Brittingham and Pollak Prize in Poetry, for Loess, University of Wisconsin Press

2007 - Finalist, Morton Marr Poetry Prize for poems in traditional form, The Southwest Review

2007 - Finalist, Cleveland State University First Book Prize, Cleveland State University

2006 - Finalist, 2006 River Styx International Poetry Contest

2006 - Semi-finalist, 2006 Kinereth Ginsler Award, for Loess, Alice James Books

2006 - Semi-finalist, 2006 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award Competition for Loess

2005 - Finalist, 2005 Alice James Books New England/New York/Competition for Loess

2005 - Finalist, 2005 Crab Orchard First Book Prize in Poetry

2005 - Finalist, 2005 Crab Orchard First Book Prize in Poetry

2004 - Finalist, 2004 Crab Orchard First Book Prize in Poetry

2004 - Nominee, Pushcart Prize XXIX

2003 - Finalist, 2003 Crab Orchard First Book Prize in Poetry

2003 - Semi-Finalist, University of Wisconsin Press Poetry Series Contest

2002 - Finalist, 2002 Crab Orchard First Book Prize in Poetry

2001 - Semi-Finalist, 2000 Crab Orchard First Book Prize in Poetry

2001 - Finalist, 2001 Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry Competition

2000 - Notable Essay of 2000, Robert Atwan, series editor, The Best American Essays 2001. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. 313

1998 - First Prize, The Nebraska Review Award in Poetry

1998 - First Prize: Emily Dickinson Award in Poetry, Universities West Press

1997 - Finalist, “New Issues Press Poetry Series”

1996 - Recipient, “Women Who Make a Difference” Award, Babson College,

1996 - Semi-Finalist, “Discovery”/The Nation contest for poetry, New York, NY

1995 - Karen Chandor Term Chair, Babson College

1994 - Semi-Finalist, “Discovery”/The Nation contest for poetry, New York, NY

1994 - Finalist: 1994 Dorothy Churchill Cappon Essay Prize, New Letters Literary Awards

1993 - Second Place Winner, 1993 Writers at Work Fellowship Competition

1992 - Finalist: 1992 Brittingham Prize in Poetry, for Augury, University of Wisconsin Press

1992 - Finalist: 1992 New Letters Poetry Prize, New Letters Literary Awards, Kansas City, MO.

1992 - Second Prize Winner: Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition for 1992, for “Medium.” , North Carolina Writers’ Network International Poetry Competition