Bonnie R. Stanard
Writer
Copyright Bonnie Stanard
1944 Rural USA
1857 Plantation, USA
historical fiction
Writer of historical fiction novels, poetry, and children's books
poetry
Award Winning Work
President's Book Award by FAPA 2018
List of Best Books of 2016 InkSpot Review 2016
Best Self-Published Novel List, James River Writers 2016
Rash Award in Poetry Finalist 2018
River Poets Journal Short Poem Contest Winner 2008
Knock’s Ecolit Contest Winner 2008
Marsh Hawk Book Contest finalist 2008
Del Sol Press Poetry Book Contest 2008
Pushcart Prize Nominee 2007
Book Signing at the Rice Festival
1672 France
where I'm coming from
children's books
Stories of Carmina the witch and her cats
I write stories and novels to entertain (myself especially) but when it comes to poetry, I write to reach an understanding about something, maybe it’s a person or an event or that inscrutible thing we experience but nobody understands - LIFE. In those circumstances, I don’t know what I think until I write it down. However “what I think” doesn’t necessarily have much clarity.
Arriving late to the writing profession, I have published seven novels, two books of poetry, and three children's books. My short stories and poems have been published in journals such as The Hollins Critic, Hiram Poetry Review, and Close To the Bone.