WRITING & PHOTOGRAPHY
POETRY
PUBLICATIONS
The Westchester Review
Poetica Literary Magazine
The Stone Hobo
Still Point Arts Quarterly
Marco Polo Arts Magazine
Feminist Studies
The Mom Egg
Laughing Earth Literature
Commonline Journal
St. Somewhere Journal
High Coupe
WordRiot
Black Lawrence Press
The Voices Project
Right hand Pointing issue #69
Uncharted Frontier
In Gilded Frame: A project through Kind of A Hurricane Press
Cultural Weekly
Anthology, Tic Toc (Hurricane Press)
Napalm and Novocain
The Missing Slate- (poem of the week)
Obsidian Literature
mas tequila #9
Stockholm Review of Literature -Volume #82015
So to Speak: Feminist Journal of Language and Art
Poetica Magazine- (poem of the week)
Synaethesia Magazine
Los Angeles Poetry Society
Poetic Diversity
Cultural Weekly,
Beacon Arts: Art For Aleppo at the Catalyst Gallery
The Laurel Review
DoveTales (Writing For Peace)
Burning House Press
We Refugees (an Anthology – Pact Press)
Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art (Death is Irrelevant)
Moon Tide Press: Sh!t Men Say to Me: A Poetry Anthology in Response to Toxic Masculinity.
BOOKS
Paper Chains Finishing Line Press, 2020
Songs from the Black Hole Finishing Line Press, 2016
Persephone Dreaming of Cherries
Barometric Pressures, Kind of a Hurricane Press author series
VIDEO/FILM
The Kid Public Poetry Series
Mare Ignotum DOCS-in-Progress (Washington DC)
Quarantine Climbing the Walls: Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art & Studio Theater in Exile
2021 PoughETRY Festival honoring Maya Angelou: Phenomenal Women (performed in collaboration with Debbie Goddard)
PHOTOGRAPHY
EXHIBITIONS
Rockland County Arts Festival
Katonah Museum Association at Bethany Arts Center
Westchester Community College Gallery
The Louvre (Paris France) :The Exposure Award 2015
Still Point Arts Gallery
Light Space Time Art Gallery
PRINT PHOTOGRAPHY
MER- Mom Egg Review-Literature+Art+Motherhood
Moncheri Magazine ( Bengal , India)
Beyond Words Literary Magazine
Cactus Heart (cover photo)
Red Dash (cover photo) Anthology #1 Dis*or*der
Picayune Literary Magazine
The Adirondack Review
Switched on Gutenberg : issue 20
Subterranean Quarterly
580 Split
Elohi Gadugi Journal
Dirty Chai May 2015 Issue 6
Rogue Agent
PLAYWRITING
Paper Chains:
-2023 Finalist: Playwrights First "Best New Play Award"
-2023 Finalist Henley Rose Playwright Competition for Women
-Monologue : 2023 International Human Rights Arts Festival
Directed by Lil Malinich
-Monologue: 2022 Westchester Collaborative Theater's
That's (Not) All She Wrote , produced by Lori Meyers
-2021 Renewal Staged Reading Series UP Theater, NYC Directed by Nina Mehta
-2021 Semi-Finalist Gary Marshall New Works Festival L.A.
The Leatherman:
-Monologue 2023 selected to be part of A Single Thread -Exploring the Rich Tapestry of Westchester History at the New Rochelle Library
.Mother Tree:
-10 Minute Play Festival part of the 2023 NY International Human Rights Art Festival at the Tank Theater NYC
-2022 Staged reading at Westchester Collaborative Theater That's Not All She Wrote II produced by Lori Meyers.
-2021 Semi-Finalist Community Bake-off sponsored by Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, judged by Paula Vogel
Vanity Scam:
-2023 Living Arts Festival at Westchester Collaborative Theater
Directed by Lin Snider
Panic Attack:
-2023 10 Minute Play Festival: Actors Playhouse Theater Chesterfield New Hampshire (forthcoming)
-2022 Westchester Collaborative Theater Parking Lot Plays
Directed by Mel Nocera
-2022 6th Annual 20/20 One Act Competition at The Philpstown Depot Theatre in Garrison NY (Aery Theater Company)
Frida & Franz:
-2022 Garrison Art Center, The Séance Series.produced by Carla Rae Johnson's
The Orchid & The Dandelion:
-2024 The Hammond Museum Directed by Lin Snider
MENTAL HEALTH WRITING
Calm Down and Play (Childswork /ChildsPlay)
The Quiet Mind Series (Guidance Group):
volume 1: Reducing Anxiety
Volume 2: Harnessing ADD/ADHD
Volume 3: Resolving Grief
Volume 4: Increasing Self Esteem
Volume 5: Dealing with Addiction
ADVOCACY JOURNALISM
Pasung: The Agony of Chains (Witness Magazine/Vision Project)
INTERVIEWS
The Fem: A Feminist Literary Magazine:
https://thefemlitmagazine.wordpress.com/2015/07/03/featured-friday-meet-loretta-oleck/
Regal House Press (We Refugee):
https://regalhouseinitiative.org/2019/07/loretta-oleck-one-hundred-thousand-poets-for-change/
Book Culture: Panel Discussion
The River Journal: 2021
AWARDS
2013 Best Of Anthology, Storm Cycle.
2015 Bermuda Triangle Prize: Semi-Finalist in the Poet’s Billow.
2016 Mary Ballard Poetry Chapbook Prize: Quarter Finalist
2016 Pushcart Poetry Nominee
2016 New Women’s Voices Series Chapbook Competition: 1st Honorable Mention
2017 Los Angeles Poetry Society Poetry Monthly Contest: Runner up.
2019 Jack Grapes Poetry Contest: Runner Up
2020 LightSpaceTime Art Gallery 10th Annual 'Animals' Online Art Competition: Special Recognition
2021 Finalist Westchester Poet Laureate
2021 Semi-Finalist Gary Marshall New Works Festival
2021 Semi-Finalist Community Bake-off (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival) judged by Paula Vogel
2022 Finalists of the Henley Rose Playwright Competition for Women (Paper Chains)
2023 Finalist for the Playwrights First "Best New Play Award" (Paper Chains)