Legal Name: Cristina T. O’Keeffe
poetamaxima@yahoo.com
In 2003, Cristina published her first non-fiction book, Finding Francis, about finding someone she hadn’t seen in twenty years (Author House). She is currently working on her second book of letters to a lost friend, Letters to Helen. In addition, she writes short fiction, personal essays and poetry.
On-line appearances:
¯ Switched-on Gutenberg
¯ Cherrysucker
¯ The Royal Scribe
¯ The Pen Is Mightier
¯ Katzwinkel.com
¯ The Pedestal Magazine
¯ Rogue Scholar
¯ Full Circle Literary Journal of Poetry and Prose
¯ Gothic Fairytales
¯ Wonder Years
¯ International Museum of Women: Imagining Ourselves [online exhibition] [May 2007]
¯ T-zero Xpandizine: The Writer’s E-Zine [May 2007]
¯ The Green Muse [September 2007]
¯ Sofrito for Your Soul [May 2007]
Print appearances (poetry): ¯ In Our Own Words Volume 2 ¯ Showcase 2000 from the National League of American Pen Women ¯ New Century Voices of the Sarasota Literary Society ¯ Soul Fountain, Volume 11 ¯ The Unaurorean ¯ Curbside Review ¯ Edgz #2 ¯ Ilya’s Honey ¯ Captains of Consciousness Journal ¯ Haz Mat Review ¯ Artella 8, “The Dreamworld: Night Sees the Day” ¯ Asbestos Journal [January 2008] Print appearances (essays): ¯ “The Lemonade Stand” in It’s a Chick Thing (Conari Press) ¯ “Four Seasons and a Family” in A Slice of Life: A Collection of True Life Stories ( Derby UK
¯ “Conversations with the Dead” in The Griffin (Gwynedd-Mercy College)
¯ “Kava + Shuba = Kashuba” and “Headless Quaker” in The Pennsylvania Gazette (University of Pennsylvania)
¯ “Letting Things Go Too Far” in True Romance Magazine (Dorchester Media LLC)
“Island Fever” in Bard Song (Bard Song Press)
Awards:
¯ Third Prize in the NLAW’s International Free Verse Poetry contest for 2000
¯ First Place by the Poetry Society of Michigan for the Personal Lyrics category
¯ Fourth Place for the Sky Blue Waters Poetry League
¯ Second Place in The (Almost) Anything Goes contest for “The Writing Parent.”
¯ Honorable Mention in the Winter 2002 Iliad Literary Awards
Interviews:
¯ NYC Writers Daily Blog (11 July 2005) [http://www.nycwritersgroup.com/v2/blog/]
¯ Artella 8, “The Dreamworld: Night Sees the Day”
Cristina is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. She is a member of the International Women Writers’ Guild (IWWG), Fresh Meadows Poets and was a resident poet at the Vermont Studio Center
