News & Events
New Chapbook launched!
Terry’s chapbook entitled the stars, your eyes has been launched by Shanti Arts Publishing in February, 2026.
Recent Awards
For the second time, Terry won an honorable mention in the yearly Passager poetry contest. Her work will be published in the September 2026 journal.
For two years in a row, Terry won First Place in the statewide Alaska Writers Guild annual poetry contest. Her 2024 winning entry is entitled “Fusion.” Her 2023 winning entry entitled “Astronomy” is included in her new chapbook, the stars, your eyes.
Terry has also won a finalist designation in the 2023 Cirque journal.
Readings
Terry is available for readings at libraries, school classrooms, senior centers, museums, book clubs, parks and cafes!
She has been a featured reader at many venues in Massachusetts including All Small Caps, the Amherst Poetry Festival, the Collected Poets Series, Great Falls Word Festival, the Literary Arts Series in Westborough, the Massachusetts Poetry Festival, the Plymouth Center for the Arts–Art of the Word, Straw Dog Writer’s Guild Author’s Showcase and the Unbuttoned Poetry Series. Terry has also read at the Herman Melville House, the Lilly Library, the Berkshire Botanical Gardens and the Emily Dickinson Homestead Museum.
Upcoming and Past Events
Wednesday, August 19, 2026 Terry will be the featured reader for Poetry Parley. She will read her own work and poems by her “poet of influence,” Rita Dove, from 6 to 8 p.m., Organic Oasis Cafe, Anchorage, Alaska.
Friday, May 15, 2026 Terry’s books were featured at the Homer Book Fair from 5-9 p.m. at the Aspen Hotel, Homer, Alaska.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 Terry participated in a National Poetry Month Event sponsored by 49 Writers, Poetry Parley and Cirque Press at the Organic Oasis Cafe, Anchorage, Alaska
Thursday, March 26, 2026 Vermont College of Fine Arts in Writing Alumnx Reading Series via Zoom.
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 Terry read in a celebration to honor Tom Sexton, former beloved state poet laureate, at Poetry Parley, Writers’ Block Bookstore and Cafe, Anchorage, Alaska.
Tuesday, March 4, 2025 Burning Bright Podcast of the Passager Journal featured Terry’s poem Late Winter, Early Spring in an episode highlighting poets who have done volunteer service. Terry served as an USAID English teacher for two summers in Tbilisi, Georgia. Scroll down to the “Peace Corps” episode. Podcast: Burning Bright – Passager Books
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 Winter’s Dark – An evening of storytelling, sponsored by the nationally known group Yarnslingers. Terry read her poem “Sanctuary, 1945” accompanied by haunting improvised piano music which set the scene in World War II. A unique reading experience in Anchorage.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 Featured Reader at the Poetry Parley, Writers’ Block Bookstore and Cafe, Anchorage, AK. Terry’s poet of influence was Gail Thomas. See www.gailthomaspoet.com
Tuesday, November 21, 2023 Burning Bright Podcast, finalists highlighted from the Passager Journal yearly poetry contest. Scroll to the “Thanksgiving” episode https://www.passagerbooks.com/podcast-burning-bright/
Friday, October 13, 2023 Poetry reading of winners and finalists of the Poems of Place contest, Cirque Literary Journal, Writers’ Block Bookstore and Café, Anchorage, AK
Sunday, July 14, 2023 Poetry reading from contributors to the Cirque Literary Journal, Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Anchorage, AK
Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, Invited to read at a Poetry Open mic event with featuring Nathan McClain, Tell It Slant Poetry Festival, Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, MA
Tuesday, December 8, 2020 Center for New Americans “30 Poems in November!” reading. Terry reads her poem at 33:45 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsZjtuH2SiE&feature=youtu.be
Friday, December 4, 2020 “Hope Through Community” book launch online sponsored by Hopkinton Through Poetry Words of Hope Project, Hopkinton, MA. Terry read her poem at 39:15. https://youtu.be/dI3xepRbgP0
Saturday, November 7, 2020 Indie Author’s Day Featured Reader (online), sponsored by her hometown North Castle Public Library in Armonk, New York. https://youtu.be/fIItUsCOoU4
Sunday, August 2, 2020 Writers Read Series (online), Ashfield Public Library, Ashfield, MA
Thursday, April 2, 2020, Amherst Arts Nights Plus – Featured reader with Rebecca Hart Olander, Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, MA Postponed
Sunday, March 1, 2020, Art of the Word Series, Plymouth Public Library, Plymouth, MA Postponed
Wednesday, January 8, 2020 Sixth Annual Straw Dog Writer’s Guild Author’s Showcase, Forbes Library, Northampton, MA
Tuesday, December 3, 2019, Celebration of 30 Poems in November! Fundraiser for the Center for New Americans, Smith College, Northampton, MA
Sunday, November 10, 2019, BOOK LAUNCH Amherst Books, 8 Main Street, Amherst, MA
Saturday, October 12, 2029, Great Falls Word Festival, Shea Theater, Turners Fall, MA
Tuesday, September 24, 2019, Spoken Word Greenfield Series, 9 Mill Street, Greenfield, MA