Emily Ferrara     

            Emily Ferrara in the Botanical Gardens in Montreal.

     Emily with daughter Deva in San Marco, Venice, 2008.

                                                                                Copyright 2007

Honors and Awards


The Alchemy of Grief , 8th Annual Massachusetts Book Award,  Massachusetts Center for the Book, Recognition as Recommended  Poetry Book  of 2007.

The Alchemy of Grief (full-length manuscript), 1st prize, Bordighera Poetry Prize 2006, judge Daniela Gioseffi, publication in bilingual translation (English & Italian), Bordighera Press, November 2007.

"The Winter After", 2nd prize, Worcester County Poetry Association Annual Poetry Contest 2006, judge, Patricia Fargnoli, publication in The Worcester Review, XXVII, December 2006.

"Afterbirth", honorable mention, The Center for New Words, 2006.

"Bad News in the ER", 2nd prize, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Ethics & Humanities Poetry & Medicine Award, publication in Family Medicine, 2005.

"Adam Incarnate" (chapbook manuscript), finalist, Blue Light Press, 2005.