Constanstine Contogenis's collection Ikaros (Word Press, 2004) won a First Prize "Open Voice Poetry Award" from Writer's Voice.  He co-translated Songs of the Kisaeng: Courtesan Poetry of the Last Korean Dynasty (BOA Editions, 1997).  His work appears in Joining Music with Reason: 34 Poets, British and American: Oxford 2004-2009, chosen by Christopher Ricks (2011), and Pomegranate Seeds: An Anthology of Greek-American Poetry, ed. Dean Kostos (2008). He has been published in numerous journals including Whiskey Island, Hayden’s Ferry Review, MAYDAY Magazine, Paris Review, Pequod, TriQuarterly, Chicago Review, Cimarron Review, Crazyhorse, Asian Pacific American Journal, Literary Imagination, Lullwater Review, MacGuffin, Meridian Anthology, Western Humanities Review, Poetry East, New Orleans Review, NY Quarterly, Nimrod, Red Wheelbarrow, South Carolina Review, Water-Stone, Westview, Worcester Review, Grand Street, and Yale Review.  His work was also featured by Poetry Society of America's Poetry in Motion program. He is a fellow with Incite @ Columbia University and lives with his wife in Manhattan.