current bio

Elizabeth Schott has a doctorate in Art History from UC Berkeley and taught art history and writing for 12 years at Berkeley, USC, and UCSB. She was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to the Netherlands, as well as a Mellon Fellowship for study at the University of Leiden. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart prize and has won a SBWC fellowship through the Community of Voices Poetry Contest. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in numerous literary journals including New Letters, North American Review, South Carolina Review, and several anthologies. She currently works as a Poet in the Schools and writes for the Santa Barbara Independent.

updated 2-25-09