Courtney Bambrick

Adjunct Faculty

Courtney K. Bambrick is Philadelphia Stories’ poetry editor. Her poetry has appeared at The Fanzine, Apiary, Certain Circuits, Dirty Napkin, Philadelphia Poets, Mad Poets Review, and Schuylkill Valley Journal. Courtney teaches composition, creative writing, and literature at Rosemont College, Delaware County Community College, and Widener University.

Educational Background

MFA, Creative Writing
- Thesis: Poetry
- Rosemont College
BA, English
- Creative Writing Concentration
- Kenyon College

Selected Awards

Part-time Humanities Instructor of the Year at Widener University
- 2017-2018
Finalist, Pavement Saw Chapbook Competition
- 2012
Partial Scholarship, TheWell Workshop
- Cooscroneen, Ireland
  - 2018

Selected Publications

Poetry

ORIZONT LITERAR CONTEMPORAN: New Works by Philadelphia Poets, eds. Daniel
Dragomirescu, Donald Riggs, & Valerie Fox; trans. Elena Ţăpean & Gabriela Apetrei,
Fall, 2016. “July Scar,” “Navigation,” “Letters While She’s Away”
Another Breath, PS Books, Fall 2014. “Meaningfully”
Body Map, Fanzine, July 2014. “Caring for Your Rape”
Poetry Ink, Moonstone Arts, April 2013. “April Fool’s”
Forgotten Philadelphia, PS Books, Fall 2012. “Fatherless”
Apiary, Winter 2012. “Truth in Nightmares.” Fall 2011. “How We Got Our Heart”
Certain Circuits, January 2011. “Emily & Milo”
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E Pluribus Unum: An Anthology of Diverse Voices, Light of Unity Foundation, 2010.
“Because They Called My Poem ‘Flowery’”
The Phenomena of Temporary: The Fuze Anthology, Turtle Ink Press, 2010. “July Scar
Wild Violet, Vol. VII—Issue 3, Winter 2009. “Under the Moon”
The Dirty Napkin, December 2008. “Climbing”
Philadelphia Stories, Spring 2008. “Hand & Hip”
Philadelphia Poets, 2008. “Meaningfully.” 2007. “Greyhound Bus” and “Separation and
Divorce”
University of the Arts Poetry Review, Vol. 1, 2007. “The Last Man” and “Womanhood”
Schuylkill Valley Journal, Vol. 25, Fall 2007. “The Curls”
Parlor, Vol. 1, Issue 1. May, 2007. “Anthracite”
Mad Poets Review, Vol. 21. 2007. “Listening to the Radio, I Hung My Head and Cried”

Reviews for Philadelphia Stories

Kenneth Pobo, Loplop in a Red City, Circling Rivers, 2016
Emily Bludworth de Barrios, Splendor, H_NGM_N Books, 2015
Jeanann Verlee, Said the Manic to the Muse, Write Bloody, 2015
Deborah Fries, The Bright Field of Everything, Kore Press, 2014
Maria James-Thiaw, Talking “White,” postDada Press & iUniverse, 2013

Selected Awards

Part-time Humanities Instructor of the Year, 2017-2018
Finalist, Pavement Saw Chapbook Competition, 2012
Partial Scholarship, The Well Workshop, Cooscroneen, Ireland, 2008

Workshops, Panels, Conferences

Coordinator, 2015-Present, LitLife Poetry Festival, Rosemont College, Philadelphia Stories, and MontCo Poet Laureate [Delivered keynote, 2015]
Panelist, Adjuncting Panel, 2018, Career Symposium, Rosemont College
Speed-Date Editor, 2012-Present, Push to Publish, Philadelphia Stories
Workshop Leader, 2016, “Grammar for Writers,” Philadelphia Writers’ Conference
Poetry Judge, 2015, Philadelphia Writers’ Conference

Editorial and Arts Experience

Poetry Editor, 2010-Present, Philadelphia Stories; Poetry Editor, Extraordinary Gifts:
Women from the Delaware Valley and Forgotten Philadelphia, PS Books, Philadelphia
Coordinator, 2009-Present, Old Academy Players’ Children’s Arts Program
Host, 2008-2014, Monthly Open Mic, Free Library of Philadelphia, Falls of Schuylkill
Administrative Assistant, 2009-2010, Agent Research and Evaluations, Philadelphia
Volunteer Writing Tutor, 2009, YMCA Y Achievers Program, Philadelphia
Assistant to the General Manager, 2003-2006, Merriam Theater, Philadelphia