May 2022
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About Brooke
Brooke McKinney is a writer and comedian from South Georgia where she grew up on a farm and was raised by bulldogs. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in English from Valdosta State University and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Hollins University. Brooke's work was a finalist in the Key West Emerging Writer’s Contest and the World’s the Best Short Story. Her memoir in progress, Creatures Like Us, has received scholarships to the Sewanee Writers' Conference, Writers in Paradise, and Looking Glass Rock Writers' Conference. She is the recipient of two Academy of American Poets Awards and most recently, her poetry was shortlisted for the Montreal International Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Florida Review, Copper Nickel, New South, Salt Hill Journal, Potomac Review, The Southeast Review, Columbia Poetry Review, RHINO Poetry, Artemis and Kestrel. Brooke joined the Pat Conroy Literary Center staff in March 2020 as the Communications and Events Coordinator.
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Iron Lung Budget: $100K - $1M | Drama A Vietnam war veteran and his estranged stepdaughter unravel their troubled past during a trip out West in hopes to find a cure for his lung disease.
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Sewanee Writers' Scholar
(2022) -
Savannah 12th Annual Comedy Battle Audience Choice Award
(2021) -
Gertrude Claytor Poetry Prize
(2017) -
Academy of American Poets Award
(2015)
Education
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Hollins University
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Valdosta State University
(2013-2015) -
New York University
(2022)
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