Writer~Teacher~Poet
Naomi Bindman has published poetry and prose in magazines, literary journals and anthologies. They won Dogwood Journal’s 2023 Creative Nonfiction Award and received funding from the Vermont Arts Council and Vermont Humanities Council. Naomi earned her BA from Dartmouth College, and her Master’s from Harvard University. She is on the faculty of the Vermont State Colleges.
Naomi’s memoir, You’re the Words I Sing, currently on submission with major publishers, tells the story of her journey back to life performing the songs of her seventeen year old daughter, Ellen, whose life ended in a car crash. A film based on the memoir is in active development with a leading Hollywood company Scenario Entertainment. Naomi’s first collection of poetry, Embracing Possibility, will be published by Green Writers Press in October, 2026.
Publications and Awards
- Embracing Possibility (poetry collection, forthcoming 2026, Green Writers Press)
- Amethyst Review, “Going to Alaska” (forthcoming February 2026)
- BigCityLit, “resistance,” summer 2025, https://nycbigcitylit.com/summer-2025/resistance/
- Her Own Words podcast and online journal, “A Change of Spirit,” January 2025 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-10-a-change-of-spirit-with-naomi-bindman/id1740368705?i=1000686061831
- South Florida Poetry Journal, “gifts,” and “soaring,” January and February 2024
- Lightwood Magazine, “maple goddess,” December 2023, https://lightwoodpress.com/2023/12/19/maple-goddess-poem-by-naomi-bindman/
- synkroniciti magazine, “heart space,” November 2023
- First Literary Review—East, “eating flowers on a winter morning,” Fall 2023, http://www.rulrul.4mg.com/index_39.html
- Honeyguide Literary Magazine, “gratitude,” October 2023, https://www.honeyguidemag.com/gratitude-naomi-bindman
- Stephen A. Dibiase Poetry Prize finalist 2023, “blown glass,” https://dibiasepoetry.com/2023-winners/naomi-bindman/
- Dogwood Literary: Journal of Poetry and Prose, Winner 2023 Creative Nonfiction Award, “Love’s Imprint,” Spring 2023 https://dogwoodliterary.wordpress.com/2023/06/06/announcing-the-2023-dogwood-literary-awards/
- Import Sky Journal, “ephemera,” “oneness,” “evanescence,” September 2022
- Consilience Journal, “out of Time,” September 2022, https://www.consilience-journal.com/issue-10-out-of-time
- El Portal Literary Journal, “Into Infinity,” Fall 2022, https://elportaljournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/el-portal-fall-2022_online.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0XqkOoQclo1wwA4HE4gtnDfamFpwOJB_3ilNa01hxD_z0BzspD7a9K-OM
- Friends Journal, “Summers at Journey’s End” August 2022, https://www.friendsjournal.org/summers-at-journeys-end-farm-camp/
- So to Speak: Feminist Journal of Language and Art, “rebuttal,” February 2022
- Mothering, “Hurting the One You Love,” June 2012 https://www.mothering.com/threads/hurting-the-one-you-love.1621577/
- Anthologies: International Women’s Day Anthology, Calling All Poets 25th Anniversary Anthology, Goddess Anthology, World Poetry Day Anthology, Peace, Poetry, and Policy Anthology (forthcoming)
