Catherine Doty

Catherine Doty (born South Paterson, New Jersey) is an American poet and cartoonist currently residing in Boonton, New Jersey. She attended Upsala College and later the University of Iowa where she received an MFA (Master of Fine Arts) in poetry. She is the recipient of the Paterson Poetry Prize, an Academy of American Poets Prize, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and the New York Foundation for the Arts.

Awards

 * Academy of American Poets Prize
 * Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (2012)
 * Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts
 * National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry (2011)