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'''Judith Moffett''' (born 1942) is an [[American literature|American author]] and academic. She has published [[poetry]], nonfiction[[non-fiction]], [[science fiction]], and [[Translation|translations]] of [[Swedish literature]]. She has been awarded grants and fellowships from the [[National Endowment for the Arts]] and the [[National Endowment for the Humanities]]<ref>[http://www.judithmoffett.com/ About Judith Moffett]</ref> and presented a paper on the [[Translation studies|translation of poetry]] at a 1998 [[Nobel Prize|Nobel]] Symposium.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4OBnzZJaHv0C&pg=PA296&dq=%22Judith+Moffett%22+nobel+symposium&hlpg=en&ei=NpZCTpOJH4bGgAe67MzLCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22Judith%20Moffett%22%20nobel%20symposium&f=falsePA296 ''The Language of Inquiry''], [[Lyn Hejinian]], University of California Press, 2000, p.296</ref>

She began her career writing poetry and about poets, including a 1984 book about [[James Merrill]], who was both her friend and mentor. Moffett still writes for organizations such as the [[Academy of American Poets]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.poets.org/academy-american-poets/home |title = Academy of American Poets &#124; Academy of American Poets}}</ref> She did not publish science fiction until 1986, but gained almost immediate attention by winning the first [[Theodore Sturgeon Award]] in 1987. Her first novel, ''[[Pennterra]]'' in (1987), further enhanced her reputation. It is noted both for its treatment of [[Extraterrestrial life|alien]] sexuality and as an example of [[Religious Society of Friends|Quakers]] in science fiction.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000815200057/http://www.adherents.com/lit/sf_quaker.html Article Title]</ref> In the following year, 1988, she won the [[John W. CampbellAstounding Award for Best New Writer|John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction]]. In 1989 her novella "''Tiny Tango"'' also received award nominations.

* "After Three Wordsworths" (''[[Shenandoah (magazine)|Shenandoah]]'', March 1980)

* "Surviving" (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]]'', June 1986)

* "The Hob" (''[[Asimov's Science Fiction|Asimov's]]'', May 1988)

* "Chickasaw Slave" (''Asimov's'', September 1991) (collected in [[Mike Resnick]]'s anthology ''[[Alternate Presidents]]'' in 1992)

*[https://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4336946?uid=16887128&uid=16886816&uid=2&uid=3&uid=67&uid=62&sid=21103664362713 "Confessions of a Metamorph"] (essay, ''[[The Kenyon Review]]'', New Series, Vol. 15, Fall 1993)

* 1967 [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright Teaching Fellowship]] to the University of Lund, Sweden

* 1971 First prize, Graduate Division, in the [[Academy of American Poets|Academy of American Poets Contest]] at the University of Pennsylvania

* 1973 Fulbright Travel Grant to Sweden

* 1973 [[Eunice Tietjens|Eunice Tietjens Prize]] from ''[[Poetry (magazine)|Poetry]]'' magazine

* 1976 First [[James Merrill|Ingram Merrill Foundation]] Grant in poetry

* 1976 Levinson Prize from ''Poetry'' magazine

* 1978 [[Columbia University]] Translation Center Award

* 1980 Second [[Ingram Merrill Foundation|Ingram Merrill Foundation Grant]]

* 1981 Poem "Scatsquall in Spring" included in ''[[Pushcart Press|Pushcart]] IV: Best of the Small Presses]]'' annual collection

* 1982 Annual Translation Prize of the [[Swedish Academy]]

* 1983 [[National Endowment for the Humanities]] Translation Grant

* 1984 [[National Endowment for the Arts]] Creative Writing Fellowship Grant

* 1987 "Surviving": won the [[Theodore Sturgeon Award|Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award]] for the best science fiction story of the year; also a finalist for athe 1986 [[Nebula Award]] infor theBest novelette categoryNovelette]]

* 1988 Received the [[Astounding Award for Best New Writer|John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer]] at the [[Worldcon|World Science Fiction Convention]] in New Orleans

* 1989 "The Hob": a finalist for the 1988 [[Nebula Award infor theBest novelette categoryNovelette]]

* 1990 "Tiny Tango": a finalist for the 1989 Nebula Award and the 1990 [[Hugo Award]] infor theBest novella categoryNovella]]

* 1991 Third [[Ingram Merrill Foundation|Ingram Merrill Foundation Grant]] for poetry and translation

* 1991 ''The Ragged World'': a ''[[The New York Times Book Review|''New York Times]]'' Notable Book]]

* 1992 ''Time, Like an Ever-Rolling Stream'': a [[The New York Times Book Review|''New York Times'' Notable Book]] and shortlisted for the [[Otherwise Award|James Tiptree Jr. Award]]

* 1994 Translation grant from the [[Swedish Academy]]

* 1998 Presenter at the [[Nobel Prize|Nobel]] Symposium on Translation of Poetry and Poetic Prose

* 1999 One-year stipend from the Swedish Authors' Fund

* 2015 Presenter, "Mixed Messages" (an excerpt from ''Unlikely Friends: A Memoir''), at the James Merrill Symposium, Washington University in St. Louis

*[httphttps://www.sfgateway.com/authors/mcontributor/judith-moffett-judith/ Judith Moffett] at SF Gateway/[[Orion Publishing Group]]

[[Category:WomenAmerican women science fiction and fantasy writers]]