Joanna Ashley Clark is a Virginian writer.
Milepost 51: A Shenandoah Podcast: Season 1, Episode 3
If you’d like to hear two of my poems, my thoughts on poetry & nature, or simply just the sound of my voice, listen to my episode with Shenandoah National Park’s Milepost 51 Podcast!
About Me
I am a lecturer at SUNY-ESF in Syracuse, New York where I teach classes on writing, film, and the environment. I graduated from Syracuse University’s MFA program in 2025 where I worked for Salt Hill Journal and taught creative writing and rhetoric courses. Before moving to Syracuse, I graduated from the University of Virginia where I studied medieval & renaissance literature and creative writing.
Awards & Recognition
Semifinalist for Beloit Poetry Journal’s Chad Walsh Chapbook prize, September 2025
Shenandoah National Park Artist-in-Residence, August 2024
Leonard Brown Prize in Poetry, chosen by Wendy Chen, April 2024
Elizabeth George Foundation Grant Recipient, January 2024
Finalist for Shenandoah’s Graybeal-Gowen Prize for Virginian Poets, January 2024.
“I listen to posing for cars . . .” nominated for Best of the Net by Hooligan Magazine, November 2023
Frontier Poetry Hurt & Healing Prize [Longlist], May 2023
University of Virginia Grand Poetry Slam Champion, December 2019
Fredi Davis Award & Scholarship for Creative Writing, June 2018
Arthur C. Greene Rising Star in the Arts Award, March 2018
Selected Publications
Current Fascinations
The loneliness & danger of nostalgia, apocalypse & renaissance, daughters & sisters, birdsong. As always the Blue Ridge, & before the Blue Ridge, the Trees.