The 1st Annual
August 8-10, 2025
In Beautiful Cedaredge, Colorado
Wendy Videlock
Wendy Videlock lives on the outskirts of Palisade at the foot of The Grand Mesa. She's authored five books of poetry, a children's book and a collection of essays. Her work appears most notably in Best American Poetry, the New York Times, Poetry Magazine, Hudson Review, Rattle and O Magazine. Wendy is the winner of the Keats Soul Making Prize, The PTB Sonnet Prize, The AMP Sonnet Prize, the Fisher Prize and the Cantor Prize. Her syndicated
newspaper column, The Barefoot Laureate, appears across the Four Corner states. Wendy also teaches for THINK360 and directs several literary programs across the region, advocating for the arts in public spaces. Wendy serves as poet laureate of Western Colorado. Learn more HERE.
Awards & Recognition
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Western Slope Poet Laureate, Telluride Institute, 2023 - 2025[10]
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"Ode to the Slow": Cantor Poetry Prize, Telluride Institute, 2022[11]
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"North of Mist": Keats Soul Making Award, Janice Farrell Poetry First Prize, 2020[12]
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"The Nature of it All:" Keats Soul Making Award, Kathleen McClung “Beloved” Sonnet Third Prize, 2020[13]
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Finalist, Colorado Poet Laureate, 2019[14]
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Nevertheless: finalist Colorado Book Award, 2012[15]
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"The Various Ways Oh My Can be Said": Mark Fischer Poetry Prize, 2007