Jeffery Beam

Jeffery Beam is an American poet.

Life
His work has appeared in Asheville Poetry Review, Assaracus, Carolina Quarterly, Gargoyle Magazine, Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review, North Carolina Literary Review, and Yellow Silk.

Recognition
Beam's numerous awards and grants include 3 American Library Association Notable Book and Gay / Lesbian Non-fiction Award nominations, a Pushcart nomination, an IPPY Ten Best Books Award, an Audie Award, an AIGA 50 Best Books Award, a Nazim Hikmet Poetry Festival Award, a North Carolina Writers Network Blumenthal Writer and Reader Award, a Durham Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant, a Duke University Chronicle Award, a Writer's Digest Editor Award for best E-Zine poetry outlet, a 1998 Associated Press Holiday Gift Giving Ideas, and a grant from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation.

His work as an educator was highlighted in The Compassionate Classroom: Lessons that nurture wisdom and empathy, by Jane Dalton and Lyn Fairchild.

Beam is also the recipient of a Preservation Award from the 2004 Preservation Society of Chapel Hill, and the 1st annual Provost Award for Public Service from the UNC-Chapel Hill Center for Public Service in 2000.