CHLOÉ FIRETTO-TOOMEY, LLC
Only in writing do we acquire knowledge, by telling stories in order to live, do we lift the parts of ourselves to the tiny mirrors that words reflect.
THE SCOTTI MERRILL EMERGING WRITER AWARD IN POETRY.
Key West Literary Seminar. January, 2020
Selected by U.S Poet Laurette Billy Collins.
Chloé read at the San Carlo Theatre with Andrea Rinard, winner for a novel in progress; and Chase Burke, winner for a short story.
POETRY AWARDS & HONORS
2019
Second Prize in Florida International University’s Graduate Student Literary Awards for “Images.” Judged by David Hernandez
2018
Honorable Mention from The Academy of American Poets for “A Poem to Honor Colin Kaepernick.” Judged by Steve Kronen
Long-listed for Magma Poetry Competition for “A Poem for Vivienne Westwood.”
2017
Winner of the Christopher F. Kelly Award for Poetry, Academy of American Poets, Graduate Competition for “Supermassive Black Hole.”
Second Prize in Florida International University’s Graduate Student Literary Awards for “A Ghazal for Dartmoor,” and “Love and Excavation.” Judged by Michael Hettich
2016
Second Prize in Florida International University’s Graduate Student Literary Awards for “Cabbage Flower.” Judged by Oliver de la Paz
Honorable Mention from The Academy of American Poets Graduate Competition for “Cabbage Flower”
2015
Second Prize in Florida International University’s Graduate Student Literary Awards for “The Sad Truth,” “Lil’Bro,” and “War Poem.” Judged by Daisy Fried.
NONFICTION AWARDS
2019
Second Prize in Florida International University’s Graduate Student Literary Awards for “What Light Can Do: A Triptych.” Judged by Brenda Miller.
Semi-Finalist in Honeysuckle Press Chapbook Competition for “Biography of Orange.” Judged by Zinzi Clemmons.
2018
Finalist in Tupelo Quarterly Open Prose Competition for “Blue: A Katabasis.”
Winner of the Florida International University (FIU) Graduate Student Literary Awards for “Flamingos.” Judged by Peggy Shumaker
Finalist in Diagram Chapbook Competition for “Biography of Orange.”