Christopher Carmona

Christopher Carmona is a beat poet following in the tradition of beat poets like Jack Kerouac, Bob Kaufman, and Raul Salinas. He was a nominee for the Alfredo Cisneros de Miral Foundation Award for Writers in 2011 and a Pushcart Prize nominee in 2012. He has been published in numerous journals and magazines including vandal., Bordersenses, and The Sagebrush Review. He has a collection of poetry called beat by Slough Press and is also editing a Beat Texas anthology called The Beatest State In The Union: An Anthology of Beat Texas Writings. Currently he is organizer of the Annual Beat Poetry and Arts Festival.