Kate Buckley

Kate Buckley

San Diego Metropolitan Area
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Kate Buckley is a trusted adviser and industry leader with over two decades of experience…

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Experience

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    San Diego Metropolitan Area

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    San Diego Metropolitan Area

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    Laguna Beach, California

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    Palm Desert, California

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    Lexington, Kentucky

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    Greater New York City Area

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    Lexington, Kentucky Area

Education

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    Activities and Societies: • Delta Delta Delta Social Sorority, Collegiate-Alumni Relations Chair • Alpha Delta Sigma, Honorary Society of the American Advertising Federation • Successfully completed with instructor commendations, AMA Public Speaking Course

    Studied advertising, marketing and public relations, earning consistent Dean's List honors and a BA in Advertising. Also studied art history and painting, minoring in Fine Arts.

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    Earned a Masters of Fine Art in Creative Writing at Spalding University, a top-10 brief residency MFA program (Poets & Writers) located in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Volunteer Experience

  • Board Member; Business Development, Marketing and Social Media Advisor

    The Peace Exchange

    - 3 years 1 month

    Poverty Alleviation

  • Poetry Instructor, Art Instructor/Team Builder, Curriculum Creator, Event Volunteer

    Women Wonder Writers

    - 2 years 6 months

    Children

  • Big Sister - Mentoring Volunteer

    Big Sister - Mentoring Volunteer

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County & The Inland Empire

    - 6 years 4 months

    Children

  • Gala Committee; Dinner Service

    The Friendship Shelter

    - 2 years 5 months

    Poverty Alleviation

  • Gala Committee; PR and Marketing Volunteer

    Gala Committee; PR and Marketing Volunteer

    With My Own Two Hands Foundation

    - 4 years 1 month

    Poverty Alleviation

  • Mentoring Volunteer; Dream On Concert Gala Committee

    Mentoring Volunteer; Dream On Concert Gala Committee

    Promises2Kids

    Children

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    Tri Delta

    Education

Licenses & Certifications

Publications

  • How to Create Great Brand Stories

    The Business Journals

    A great brand story helps distill the essential DNA of a brand into a memorable and engaging story, driving both internal strategy and external communication. The experts at The Story Corp show you how.

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  • “A Literary Landscape: Tapping into the natural inspiration of scene and setting"

    2nd & Church

    In this essay on natural inspiration, particularly as regards the landscape of the American South, Buckley explores the role scenery and setting plays in the creation of literature.

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  • Follow Me Down

    Tebot Bach

    "Vivid, passionate, pulsing with life in the face of loss and pain, these incantations bravely seek to void The Void. They are poems to conjure with." — Charles Harper Webb

    "She is making her mark on the landscape of contemporary American poetry." — Molly Peacock

    "This is a book where simplicity meets a siren named Kate Buckley and is all the better for it." — Radius

    "15th century painter Cennini spoke of the art of 'unseen things hidden in the shadow of natural ones.'…

    "Vivid, passionate, pulsing with life in the face of loss and pain, these incantations bravely seek to void The Void. They are poems to conjure with." — Charles Harper Webb

    "She is making her mark on the landscape of contemporary American poetry." — Molly Peacock

    "This is a book where simplicity meets a siren named Kate Buckley and is all the better for it." — Radius

    "15th century painter Cennini spoke of the art of 'unseen things hidden in the shadow of natural ones.' Like 'a sea turning in on itself' Kate Buckley's poems speak to this, moving together, folding and unfolding the echoes of a voice in place, a voice out of place, 'salt licking salt—/coming home.' Follow Me Down maps out the geography of longing where sometimes 'you walk the yellow fields,' sometimes 'the moon sets itself on fire,' lighting up the distances between the past and the future. Buckley's parenthetical considerations, her ache and intellect coincide in a sensuous, revelatory motioning toward that inspired sanctuary of who we are." — Elena Karina Byrne

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  • A Wild Region

    Moon Tide Press

    "A Wild Region is a family history in verse as well as a lovely elegy for Buckley's grandmother set in a Kentucky that is both pastoral and industrial: 'I have ridden on horseback / under the harvest moon, gold and heavy' vs. 'the coughs that stained your linens black / no matter how many times you bleached them...' The elegies are especially moving... Pick up this book. (Buckley won this year's Hearst Poetry Prize.)" — North American Review

    "Kate Buckley's poems are dark prayers and…

    "A Wild Region is a family history in verse as well as a lovely elegy for Buckley's grandmother set in a Kentucky that is both pastoral and industrial: 'I have ridden on horseback / under the harvest moon, gold and heavy' vs. 'the coughs that stained your linens black / no matter how many times you bleached them...' The elegies are especially moving... Pick up this book. (Buckley won this year's Hearst Poetry Prize.)" — North American Review

    "Kate Buckley's poems are dark prayers and lyrical ballads, infused with mystery and awe... And the stories these poems tell—finely crafted as the poems are—are stories that speak to all of us, accessible and clear for all their complicated depth, 'universal' precisely because they're so deeply personal, and so deeply felt. There is so much stunning language in this collection, so much accuracy and grace, and there are so many images that take my breath away... Kate Buckley shows us how the beautiful and the brutal can not only coexist alongside one another, but exist within one another. Hers is a necessary and welcome new voice." — Cecilia Woloch

    "Painting and poetry are two art forms that stand side by side and work well together. A Wild Region is a collection of oil paintings and poetry from prolific poet Kate Buckley, whose work has appeared in countless venues. Many of her poems are opposite full color art, adding a fresh dimension to her work. A Wild Region is a fine blend of artforms, highly recommended." — Midwest Book Review (Reviewer's Choice)

    "A ribbon of Appalachia winds through Kate Buckley’s vigorous voice in her debut collection of poems, A Wild Region. It was my pleasure to choose her as the winner of the 2008 James Hearst Poetry Prize for the North American Review, and it is an equal pleasure to welcome this book of poems, crafted from the patterns of speech of the wild region Buckley loves and the wildness of its people, too." — Molly Peacock

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Projects

  • LagunaBeach.com

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    After developing LagunaBeach.com with the Castello Brothers, conceiving and authoring a new creative strategy and business plan, and brokering the sale of the domain from CCIN to LB Interactive, Kate worked with LagunaBeach.com and LB Interactive, LLC. to introduce a new look featuring state-of-the-art technologies to transform LagunaBeach.com into one of the world’s most impressive city sites—providing a wealth of creative content for both visitors and residents as well as generating maximum…

    After developing LagunaBeach.com with the Castello Brothers, conceiving and authoring a new creative strategy and business plan, and brokering the sale of the domain from CCIN to LB Interactive, Kate worked with LagunaBeach.com and LB Interactive, LLC. to introduce a new look featuring state-of-the-art technologies to transform LagunaBeach.com into one of the world’s most impressive city sites—providing a wealth of creative content for both visitors and residents as well as generating maximum revenue for advertisers. She acted as interim President/CEO and Publisher, building out a team and supervising all operations, while developing content, strategy and social media platforms. On Facebook alone, she took LagunaBeach.com from 5,000 likes to 25,000 likes in only 11 months!

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Honors & Awards

  • Poet Laureate

    City of Laguna Beach

    Kate Buckley has been appointed Poet Laureate of the City of Laguna Beach, California. She was selected from the field of finalists by juror, award-winning poet and professor, Grant Hier. Mr. Hier reviewed applications taking into consideration personality, professionalism, educational experience, poetic talent, resume, performance experience and proposal. Kate will serve from May 1, 2017 - April 30, 2018 and her platform will include serving as a brand ambassador for the literary arts—creating…

    Kate Buckley has been appointed Poet Laureate of the City of Laguna Beach, California. She was selected from the field of finalists by juror, award-winning poet and professor, Grant Hier. Mr. Hier reviewed applications taking into consideration personality, professionalism, educational experience, poetic talent, resume, performance experience and proposal. Kate will serve from May 1, 2017 - April 30, 2018 and her platform will include serving as a brand ambassador for the literary arts—creating content, performing readings, conducting workshops and classes, and leading and coordinating Laguna Beach's first ever official poetry festival.

  • Bridport Prize, Short Story Category (Shortlisted)

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  • James Hearst Poetry Prize

    North American Review

    Kate's poem "The Life Cycle of Moths" won the prestigious North American Review's James Hearst Poetry Prize in 2008, as selected by judge Molly Peacock.

  • Red Hen Press's Ruskin Art Club Poetry Award (Finalist)

    Red Hen Press

  • Gabehart Prize for Imaginative Writing

    Kentucky Women Writers Conference

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

Organizations

  • The Friendship Shelter

    Gala Planning Committee

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  • Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce

    Member-at-large, Member - Board of Directors, Executive Board, Nominating Committee

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