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Recognition

Read the Dorchester Reporter Article about Dot Girl

Linda’s first book of poetry, Dot Girl, to be published 2024 by Nixes Mate.

Running by the Neponset River on Truman Highway in Hyde Park, Finalist 2023 in the Boston in 100 Words short story contest.

Praise Be My Body, Finalist 2023 Boston Mayor’s Poetry Program. Chosen by Boston’s third Poet Laureate, Porsha Olayiwola.

Recipient of 2022 Artist Opportunity Grant from The Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture.

All Brothers, 2022, Raining Poetry Project. Partnership of Mass Poetry and The Mayor’s Office of Recovery Services. Selected and installed on sidewalks in the South End.

The Note Keeper, 2021 Winner in the Boston Mayor’s Poetry Program, displayed at Boston City Hall. Chosen by Boston’s third Poet Laureate, Porsha Olayiwola.

St. Joan McDade, The Resurrected and Redeemed, 2020 Winner. Boston Mayor’s Poetry Program chosen by Boston’s third Poet Laureate, Porsha Olayiwola.

Ghosts and Neighbors, 2019 Winner in the Boston Mayor’s Poetry Program displayed at Boston City Hall chosen by Boston’s third Poet Laureate, Porsha Olayiwola.

Tenean Beach, 2018 Winner in Boston Mayor’s Poetry Program displayed at Boston City Hall. Chosen Boston’s second Poet Laureate, Danielle Legros-Georges.

Dot Girl, 2017 Winner in Boston Mayor’s Poetry Program. Displayed at Boston City Hall in 2017. Chosen by Boston’s second Poet Laureate, Danielle Legros-Georges. 

Vodka Beer and Cigarettes, 2017 Winner Boston Mayor’s Poetry Program. Displayed at Boston City Hall. Chosen by then Boston second Poet Laureate, Danielle Legros-Georges.

Absolution, 2016 Winner in the Boston Mayor’s Poetry Program. displayed at Boston City Hall. Chosen by Boston’s second Poet Laureate, Danielle Legros-Georges.

Pleasure Bay, 2014 Winner Boston Mayor’s Poetry Program, displayed at Boston City Hall in 2014. Winners chosen by Boston’s first Poet Laureate, Sam Cornish.

Linda Carney-Goodrich in front of her poem, Pleasure Bay, which was displayed at Boston City Hall as part of the Boston Mayor’s poetry contest judged by then Boston Poet Laureate, Sam Cornish, in 2014.
Reading at Boston City Hall with all the winning poets from the Boston Mayor’s Poetry Contest and then Boston Poet Laureate, Danielle Legros Georges (seated) – 2018

Included in Of Notions: An Anthology of Contemporary Boston Poems