Final Judge for the 2010 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize:
Silvia Curbelo
Silvia Curbelo
is the author of three collections of poetry: The Geography of Leaving
(Silverfish Review Press), The Secret History of Water (Anhinga Press),
and Ambush (Main Street Rag). She has received poetry fellowships
from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Florida Arts Council,
and the Cintas Foundation. She is also the recipient of the Jessica
Nobel Maxwell Memorial Poetry Prize from American Poetry Review,
where her poetry and prose have appeared. Her poems have been published
in literary journals and more than two dozen anthologies, including
The Body Electric: America’s Best Poetry, Snakebird: Thirty Years
of Anhinga Poets, and Norton’s Anthology of Latino Literature. A
native of Cuba, Silvia lives in Tampa, Florida, and is managing editor
for Organica magazine.
