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Penelope Scambly Schott | |
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Subject | Poetry |
Literary movement | Feminism |
Notable awards | 2004 Turning Point Poetry Prize Orphic Prize New Jersey State Council on the Arts fellowship 2008 Oregon Book Award in poetry |
Penelope Scambly Schott is a feminist poet and former professor of English at Raritan Valley Community College and Rutgers University. She has published several books of poetry and has taught[when?] poetry writing for Thomas Edison State College.[citation needed]
At Educational Testing Service in the 1980s she was part of the Guidance Research Group, which developed the SIGI PLUS career information system. Schott is a recipient of the 2004 Turning Point Poetry Prize, the Orphic Prize, and a fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. She now[when?] resides in Portland, Oregon. She received the 2008 Oregon Book Award in poetry for "A Is for Anne: Mistress Hutchinson Disturbs the Commonwealth".[citation needed]