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Andrea Dietrich grew up in Iowa and now resides in Utah with a spouse and two cats. She has two grown children and six grandchildren. Having graduated BYU with a Spanish major/ESL minor, she has spent most of her adult life teaching. It wasn't until 2000 that she began writing in earnest and discovering her "niche" as a writer of lyrical poetry. The internet opened up a new world for her, and she has spent two decades now participating in poetry clubs, acting as a judge of poetry contests for various magazines, for the website Shadow Poetry, and for Poetry Soup. 

Ms. Dietrich has won numerous awards, as well as the title Poet of the Year 2008, from the Yahoo group, Poetry For Thought. In addition, she has won prizes from the magazines Lucidity, Bell's Letters, Art with Words, Poets at Work and SP Quill, the magazine for which she wrote grammar and poetry articles as well as movie reviews and for which she acted as poetry editor for the head editor Marie Summers for six years. Many of her poems appeared in Shadows Ink, a yearly published series of chapbooks of award winning poetry as well as in numerous other anthologies. Her short stories appeared in many issues of SP Quill and much of her poetry was published in eight chapbooks (no longer sold online). 

Since coming to Poetry Soup, Ms. Dietrich has been both contest sponsor and winner of numerous contests. In 2010, her poem "Cinder Girl" was first place winner of Soup's International contest (these contests are no longer held).  A song was created from her lyrics "Honeymoon Serenade" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDWxc4cpHDc) and two movies have been made featuring the poetry of Andrea Dietrich: "A Tale of Fire and Ice" (a 4 min. Z-Film Fest Project, 2014) and the full length movie "Six Days of Sistine" in which 20 poems of Ms. Dietrichs serve as the thoughts of two characters played by Jamie Campbell Bower and Elarica Johnson (directed by Richard J. Perry, 2019) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7710360/

About my Current Contest

Blog Posted by Andrea Dietrich: 12/23/2024 11:41:00 PM

In case anyone thought they needed to write about a pie, I made a typo. My word did not copy and paste correctly so I revised the top line of my contest rules. 

Merry Christmas, everyone! My hubbie has been very sick all week. But finally he is starting to get better!



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Date: 12/26/2024 12:29:00 AM
Happy Joe is feeling better Andrea. Prayers for him. Hugs.
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Date: 12/24/2024 11:34:00 AM
Glad your husband is feeling better! Hugs and Merry Christmas!
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Date: 12/24/2024 6:54:00 PM
Thanks, Kim. And Merry Xmas
Date: 12/24/2024 6:47:00 AM
Andrea, I am sad to hear your husband has been sick, hope he feels better for Christmas. Thanks for the new contest and info, hope I write it correctly ~
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Date: 12/24/2024 10:12:00 AM
thanks, Constance. I saw at my contest, just the words "A Pie" and thought, what the heck. I don't want pie poems. hubbie is slowly on the mend but his 88 year old dad is in hospital. I hope this virus going around does not do him in! I got this thing Joe has, and it lasted only one day for me, hardly even bothering me!!
Date: 12/24/2024 3:01:00 AM
Have a bright and festive Christmas, Andrea, with your family. Get Well wishes for your husband. Blessings ~
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Date: 12/24/2024 10:13:00 AM
thanks , gina. Looks like I will go to my daughter's house tomorrow by my self. Joe does not dare show up with his virus even if he is getting better.
Date: 12/24/2024 12:16:00 AM
Hi Andrea ~ sending you and your husband warmest wishes. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !! Line xx
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Date: 12/24/2024 10:13:00 AM
thanks,Line. Merry Xmas to you. Lots of people around here are getting the flu.

Previous Blogs

 
Congrats to Winners of my Mid Summer Contest
Date Posted: 7/27/2025 10:41:00 PM
Need Advice on AI checkers/ Please don't enter my contests with AI
Date Posted: 7/25/2025 9:27:00 AM
A reminder to those who entered my last contest
Date Posted: 7/20/2025 11:21:00 PM
A question
Date Posted: 6/1/2025 12:20:00 PM
Judging my haiku contest finally/ what I am noticing
Date Posted: 5/26/2025 3:35:00 PM
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Date Posted: 4/28/2025 12:15:00 PM
My Contest Finally Judged
Date Posted: 3/22/2025 3:59:00 PM
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Date Posted: 3/2/2025 1:21:00 PM
Congrats to Winners of my Second Chance Pleiades Challenge
Date Posted: 1/1/2025 8:28:00 PM
Happy Birthday to a New Year Baby
Date Posted: 12/31/2024 12:33:00 PM
About my Current Contest
Date Posted: 12/23/2024 11:41:00 PM
Alouette Me - Finally judged - Congrats to ALL my Winners
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Regarding my Pleiades Contest - Please Read if you are a Contestant
Date Posted: 11/1/2024 4:14:00 PM
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Date Posted: 10/14/2024 12:04:00 PM
Thanks & Congrats to Published Poets: A Special thanks to Emile Pinet
Date Posted: 10/7/2024 4:03:00 PM
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Date Posted: 9/15/2024 10:17:00 AM
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Date Posted: 8/29/2024 1:15:00 PM
Is anyone else having problems entering any contests?
Date Posted: 8/5/2024 12:28:00 AM
Is it true...?
Date Posted: 8/1/2024 1:03:00 PM
Tankacrostic examples for those having difficulties understanding how it goes
Date Posted: 7/10/2024 1:37:00 PM
As I Wait for my Contest Results to Post
Date Posted: 6/30/2024 4:43:00 PM
Is anyone having these problems?
Date Posted: 6/20/2024 1:11:00 PM
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Date Posted: 4/29/2024 12:14:00 AM
Please EDIT before I judge my contest: ONE LINE ONLY
Date Posted: 2/25/2024 2:51:00 PM
Congrats, Sijo Winners
Date Posted: 2/4/2024 11:28:00 AM

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