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M.A. Dubbs

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Indianapolis, The United States

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https://madubbspoetry.wordpress.com/

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M. A. Dubbs is an award-winning Mexican American and LGBT+ writer who hails from Indiana. Dubbs writes poetry, literary fiction, and micro-fiction. For more than a decade her writing has been published in literary magazines and anthologies across the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Indian, Japan, Austria, & Australia.

Dubbs is the author of three poetry collections: Aerodynamic Drag: Poetry and Short Fiction (2021), chapbook An American Mujer (Bottlecap Press, 2022) and Limestone Versified: Indiana Haiku and Poetry (2023).

Her poem "The Quiets of Parenting" won the 2023 Holden Vaughn Spangler Award from RCC Muse. Her poem “Indiana Night” won first place in the 2012 Melba Geoffroy Poetry Contest and her poem “Slash-and-Burn won “Best o M. A. Dubbs is an award-winning Mexican American and LGBT+ writer who hails from Indiana. Dubbs writes poetry, literary fiction, and micro-fiction. For more than a decade her writing has been published in literary magazines and anthologies across the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Indian, Japan, Austria, & Australia.

Dubbs is the author of three poetry collections: Aerodynamic Drag: Poetry and Short Fiction (2021), chapbook An American Mujer (Bottlecap Press, 2022) and Limestone Versified: Indiana Haiku and Poetry (2023).

Her poem "The Quiets of Parenting" won the 2023 Holden Vaughn Spangler Award from RCC Muse. Her poem “Indiana Night” won first place in the 2012 Melba Geoffroy Poetry Contest and her poem “Slash-and-Burn won “Best of Poetry” award in the 2014 edition of Genesis. Her poem "A Bi Awakening in a Red State" was long-listed for the 2022 Spectrum Poetry Competition and her poem "Here's to You Spanglish Kids" was shortlisted in the 2023 Kinship Poetry Competition with Renard Press. Her poem "Poetic Paramour" won 2nd place in the 44th annual PSI Love of Poetry Prize. Her poem "A Forager's Haiku in Season's" won 3rd place in the 44th annual PSI Membership Award.

Her poetry has been archived in Indiana's Poetry Archive (INverse) and she served as judge for the 2022 Poetry Out Loud's state competition. Dubbs has performed in several live and virtual readings including being a featured author for both Poets Laureate of Lawrence and Poetry on Brick Street. She also performed at the 2021 Grand Opening of Fort Ben’s Culture Campus and the 2023 Grand Opening of Fort Ben's Library.

In 2024 she performed at DePauw University as part of the Hidden Sun solar eclipse tour. Her Hidden Sun haiku was printed on a banner and hung in Greencastle Square as public art. Dubbs will also be hosting a free public poetry publishing workshop through Poets Laureate of Lawrence to introduce new local writers to the world of publishing.

Dubbs earned her BA in English at Indiana University Bloomington. She was president and founder of IU’s Creative Writing Club and was an Associate Editor of poetry, non-fiction, and literary fiction for The Scribe, a literary ezine. Dubbs was also an intern for the nationally celebrated Indiana Review.

Dubbs lives with her husband, twin girls, cat, and dog and enjoys hiking, gardening, running, mushroom foraging, video games and watching 90s magical girl anime.
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	Aerodynamic Drag 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Flame Called Indiana: An Anthology of Contemporary Hoosier Writing by Doug Paul Case (Editor), Kaveh Akbar (Contributor), Dason Anderson (Contributor) 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters by Anthony Francis (Goodreads Author) (editor), Liza Olmsted (Goodreads Author) (editor), Tobias S. Buckell (Goodreads Author) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Core Rises: Mycorrhiza Collection by Plants and Poetry Journal, Rachel Johnson (Illustrator), M.A. Dubbs (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bayou Review Fall 2023 by Katie Cortes (editor), Stanley Freelon (editor), Rosmany Garcia (editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Haiku for Hikers by Ella Q. Peavler (Editor), M.A. Dubbs (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Limestone Versified: Indiana Haiku and Other Poems it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kinship: Poems Exploring Belonging by Will Dady (editor), A.W. Earl (contributor), Alyson Smith (contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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