About

Linda K. Sienkiewicz is a poet, novelist and essayist. She has a poetry chapbook award, five chapbooks of poetry, two novels and a children’s picture book. Her first novel earned a finalist in the Hoffer Award and Sarton Award. Her latest novel, Love and Other Incurable Ailments, is from Regal House Publishing. Linda holds an MFA from the University of Southern Maine, and is a volunteer at Neighborhood House, a local nonprofit. She has taught writing and fiction at conferences, workshops and schools across Michigan and beyond.

Other Works

  • Sleepwalker - poetry chapbook

    2023
  • Gordy and the Ghost Crab - Children's picture book

    2020
  • In the Context of Love

    2015

Awards and Recognition

  • Sarton Women’s Fiction Book Award Finalist for In the Context of Love
  • Eric Hoffer Commercial Fiction Finalist Award for In the Context of Love
  • Julia Darling Poetry Prize Finalist, Kallisto Press: “Solo Suite”
  • Inkwell Poetry Contest, Finalist, Judge Billy Collins: “What Every Mother Hopes For”
  • In the Curve of Space and Time, poetry chapbook first place winner in Urban Midwest issue of Heartlands Today