Susan Brennan
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Susan Brennan's poems appear in various publications. Her manuscript Sweet Demons has been nominated as a finalist for several book awards; her manuscript numinous was a semi-finalist for the 2011 Tupelo Press Award for a First or Second Book of Poetry. Her short script "Order & Accidents" won Bronze place in the 2010 Golden Brad Award. With Amir Naderi, Susan Brennan co-wrote "Vegas – Based on a True Story", which premiered in competition at the 2008 Venice Film Festival and 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.
Currently, she wrote the script for the web series "Verse", a poetry murder mystery produced by Rattapallax Magazine, which was awarded first place at the LA Webfest for dramatic script and is now featured on cable TV. She is the first-place winner in the Tribeca/Amex My Movie Pitch Contest, which will produce a short film based on her story, and her short script "The Boost" is a Vegas Cine Fest official festival selection. She received her MFA in Poetry at NYU and is a yoga teacher. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband Ed.
Winning Entry: The Revolution Is..., Lying on the Grass in Central Park with Mary Alice Under Military Planes Headed to Vietnam
Contest Won: War Poetry Contest 2011, Finalist
