About Charlene Pierce
Charlene and her husband Shawn
Charlene's poetry and prose have appeared in the Nebraska anthologies
Misbehaving Nebraskans, How it Looks from Here, and Voices of the Plains. Her poetry has appeared in 805 Lit, Quarter(ly), Whale Road Review, The Wise Owl, The Gilded Weathervane, and others. Her spoken word poetry won 6th place in the national BlackBerry Peach Spoken & Written Word Contest.
Charlene founded the Nebraska Poetry Society, a non-profit organization, to make poetry accessible to all. As someone with a disability who overcame poverty, this mission is essential to her.
She is a Copyeditor for the Raleigh Review and published The Poet's Journal: A Beginner's Workbook for Writing Poetry. She is a Merit Scholar in the Pacific University MFA program graduating in January 2026.
By day, she is a teacher and freelance writer appearing on websites and blogs across the country and local magazines.