Martha Deborah Hall
Country Mansion Condos
Unit 6
135 Amherst Street
Amherst, NH 03031
603-672-0106
debhall1@myfairpoint.net

 

 

 

Who is Martha Deborah Hall?

A poet residing in Amherst, New Hampshire, Martha Deborah Hall has published over 350 poems in her career and continues to pursue writing as a big part of her life. You can expect on-going additions to her list of publications.

 

Martha Deborah Hall’s poems appear in numerous national journals including, Bellowing Ark, Common Ground Review, Las Cruces, Old Red Kimono, Tale Spinners, Tapestries, The Poet’s Touchstone and Watch The Eye.  She is the winner of the 2005 John and Miriam Morris Chapbook contest for her collection Abandoned Gardens.  She was a semi-finalist in the 2007 Concrete Wolf Chapbook contest.

Books: Hall released Two Grains in Time and My Side of the Street in 2009, published with Plain View Press.  Inside Out, published by Plain View Press in 2011.

Chapbooks: Published chapbooks are Abandoned Gardens, published by The Alabama State Poetry Society, and The Garbo Reels, published by Pudding House Press.

Background: Hall is a member of the Academy of American Poets and The Poetry Society of New Hampshire. In 2009, she was honored by the New Hampshire Poet Laureate as one of New Hampshire’s featured poets.

Hall is a past President of the Amherst Junior Women’s Club, was the Amherst Chairman for Ronald Reagan’s bid for the presidency and was Communications Director for Alexander Haig when he ran. Hall holds degrees from Ohio Wesleyan and Columbia University and is currently a real estate broker with Coldwell Banker in Amherst, New Hampshire. 

Publishers: Hall’s books can be purchased through Plain View Press, The Toad Stool Book Stores, Border’s, Barnes and Noble or Amazon.com.  Chapbook Abandoned Gardens can be ordered through New Dawn Unlimited, 1830 Marvel Road, Brierfield, AL 35035. Chapbook The Garbo Reels, published in 2010 in the  Pudding House Press Chapbook Series, can be obtained at Pudding House Press.

 

Awards and Honors

New Hampshire Poet Showcase: Featured Poet: Martha Deborah Hall, Amherst

Martha Deborah Hall's book Inside Out  was a finalist for the 2010 Sarabande Books Kathyrn A. Morton Prize in Poetry

Martha Deborah Hall's book Inside Out was a finalist in the 2010 Vernice Quebodewaux "Pathways" Poetry Prize

Inside Out was also nominated for the Pushcart Award in 2011  

Martha Deborah Hall was a semi-finalist for the 2011 Casey Shay Mary Ballard Chapbook Poetry Contest

Laughter is the best medicine.”

--from "Inside Out", Plain View Press, 2011

 

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