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PUBLICATIONS

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My poem "Grocery List for Mom" was published int the Winter 2024 issue of the Plentitudes (under my full name).

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https://www.theplentitudes.com/piece/grocery-list-for-mom

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My poem "Bull's Eye" was published in the September 2022 issue of Rattle (under my full name) after placing top 21 in their poetry contest with over 15,000 entries. 

 

https://www.rattle.com/bulls-eye-by-cortney-esco/​

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My two poems "Ode to a Dying Love" and "The Head Collector" were published in the December 2019 issue of Cathexis Northwest Press.

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https://www.cathexisnorthwestpress.com/post/the-head-collector-ode-to-a-dying-love

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Misc. with no links:

I was a finalist for the Women Writers’ 2020 International Literary Awards’ Rita Dove Award for Poetry.

I was awarded a travel grant to speak on my essay at the George Herbert Society Conference at Cambridge 2019 (but could not attend due to Covid).
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My nonfiction was a contest finalist and published in the Agnes Scott College Writer's Festival Magazine in 2o18.
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My fiction won first place and was published in the Corn Creek Review in 2018.
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My poetry won first place and was published in the Corn Creek Review is 2017.
 
My fiction and nonfiction was published in Night, a journal of creative writing, in 2015.

I have also worked as a freelance copywriter and content creator doing anything from ads, to blogs, to articles, to website content.

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