Todd Heldt is a Chicago-based writer, poet, and academic librarian. His work has received multiple awards and recognitions, and his books include Card Tricks for the Starving and The Science of Broken People.
Books
• Card Tricks for the Starving, Ghost Road Press (2009)
• The Science of Broken People, Little Poem Press (2003)
Awards and Honors
• Rose Warner Prize for Poetry (2021)
• Pushcart Prize nominee (2012)
• Pushcart Prize nominee (2009)
• Pushcart Prize nominee (2007)
• Winner, Poetry SuperHighway Poetry Contest (2006)
• Pushcart Prize nominee (2004)
• Finalist, Violet Reed Haas Poetry Award (2003)
• Semi-finalist, Cleveland State University First Book Competition (2002)
• Winner, Abbie M. Copps Poetry Prize (2001), Olivet College
• Finalist, Dana Award for Poetry (2000)
• Second Place, Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers Poetry Contest (1999)