Franke Varca
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Franke Varca has received a Lannan Foundation Poetry Fellowship from the Folger Library of Washington, DC; an Academy of American Poets A.E. Claeyssens, Jr. Poetry Prize; the Bryan Lawrence Award in Poetry from the University of Houston; and Second Prize from Hollins University's Lex Allen National Poetry Contest. Most recently, Mr. Varca is the recipient of a Civitas Fellowship for work with children in Detroit public schools, and a Zell Fellowship from the University of Michigan where he is completing his MFA.
Winning Entry: Hiroshima Ghost Couple
Contest Won: War Poetry Contest 2009, Finalist
