About the Editor
Never too Early for Poetry
Cynthia Brackett-Vincent holds a B.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Maine at Farmington and an A.A. in Social Sciences (Quincy College, MA, where she served as an editor of Stepping Stone and a member of Phi Theta Kappa). As well, she studied English at Bridgewater State College in MA. An award-winning poet, Cynthia has had over 100 poems published in such journals as Avocet, bear creek haiku, Ibbetson Street, Pine Island Journal of New England Poetry, in the Sheltering Pines Press anthology, Infini Tea, Monkey’s Fist, as well as in her chapbook, the 95 Poems (MuscleHead Press, 2005) and the online journal, Mannequin Envy and others. She has served as co-editor of a 45-church district newsletter and she co-founded the Tidepool Poets of Plymouth, MA and Women Write in Central Maine. Three articles in Educators as Writers: Publishing for Professional and Personal Development (Peter Lang) appeared in late 2006. In 2007, her poetry received an Honorable Mention in New England Writers, a citation in the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, and Second Place in the Maine Poets Society contests, respectively. Cynthia has judged poetry locally, regionally and nationally for such contests as the Writer's Digest annual writing competition (1999), among others.
Cynthia teaches poetry writing to adults, assists her husband in the graphics services segment of Encircle Publications, and is active in bringing poetry into the public schools with a special interest in elementary students. She lives in rural Maine and enjoys attending two monthly writing workshops as well as membership in the Maine Poets Society, The New England Poetry Club and New England Writers. Other interests are animal welfare, bicycling, breast cancer research, cross-stitching, and hiking. She is married, has three grown sons, two wonderful daughters-in-law, a new grandson, and two adopted rescue cats, who are her helpers, pictured below.
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