Mel Belin

Mel Belin first book of poetry, Flesh That Was Chrysalis, was published by The Word Works in 1999. He won the Potomac Review's third annual poetry competition and, on two other occasions, was a finalist. He also has been a runner up in Antietam Review's annual competition. An earlier version of his book-length collection of poetry was a semi-finalist for publication with the University of Wisconsin press. A poem of his was selected in the Moving Word Poetry Competition, and exhibited on Metro buses in Northern Virginia from July through September 2000.