Janice Hoffman Poetry

I hold bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Indiana University and have taught creative writing, expository writing, and literature in Indiana and Kentucky. I currently teach at the Historic Triangle Campus of Thomas Nelson Community College in Virginia where I also co-host a monthly poetry reading. I am a member of several local writing groups, as well as the Poetry Society of Virginia for whom I edit A Commonwealth of Poetry, and I am also a member of the Chesapeake Bay Writers, the Poetry Society of Indiana, and the National Federation of State Poetry Societies.

My work appears in sundry literary journals (Snowy Egret, POEM, The Northern Virginia Review, Women Who Write, and others) and has won awards and/or appears in the anthologies for the poetry societies of Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Texas, South Dakota, Oregon, and Virginia. In 1995, I won first place in The Canadian Writers' Journal’s international poetry contest, and in 2017, I was runner-up for Poet Laureate of Hampton Roads. I live in Williamsburg, Virginia, with my husband, grandson, and two Chocolate Labs,

My poetry book, Soul Cookies, was released by High Tide Publications in June 2019, and my children's picture book, Four Fairy Friends, in November 2019. Both books are available via Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, and IndieBound.org. You may receive signed copies directly from me; just send an email for details.