Poet Shahé Mankerian is the principal of St. Gregory A. & M. Hovsepian School in Pasadena, CA. He is the recipient of the Los Angeles Music Center’s BRAVO Award, which recognizes teachers for innovation in arts education. From 2008-2018, he co-directed CSULA’s Los Angeles Writing Project. Recently, he served as the co-editor of Rockvale Review (College Grove, TN).
Shahé’s widely published poems are the recipient of numerous literary prizes: Henri Coulette Memorial Award from the Academy of American Poets, Erika Mumford Prize, Daniel Varoujan Award from the New England Poetry Club, Dr. Aram Tolegian award from the Armenian Allied Arts Association, and Editors’ Prize from MARY: A Journal of New Writing. His debut poetry collection, History of Forgetfulness, will be published by Fly on the Wall Press in October of 2021.