Matthew Nienow
is the author of three chapbooks: The End of the Folded Map (Codhill Press, 2011), The Smallest Working Pieces (Toadlily Press, 2009) and Two Sides of the Same Thing (Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2007). His work has appeared in Best New Poets, Indiana Review, New England Review, Prairie Schooner and Willow Springs. He has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the Elizabeth George Foundation, the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Memorial Foundation, 4Culture (Seattle) and the University of Washington. He is currently attending the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding in preparation for opening his own boat shop.

