The Lillian Dean Inspiration Award Recipient for 2020 is...


Janice Konstantinidis

Janice Konstantinidis 

The Cuesta College Central Coast Writers Conference congratulates 
Janice Konstantinidis


About Janice

Janice has shown a true dedication and commitment to local writers through her roles as the President of the SLO NightWriters group, CCWC Advisory Committee member (5 years and counting!), and her hours of instruction teaching poetry classes.  Janice is well known for her wicked and quick ability to sculpt a limerick out of thin air, to the delight of everyone. 

Janice is a poet with a fascination for limericks. She is currently writing her memoir; she enjoys writing short stories.  Janice was born in Tasmania, Australia. She retired to the Central Coast of California in 2005.

Some of Janice’s poems have been published in literary magazines over the past several years. She won first place for Creative nonfiction and first second place for poetry in the Lillian Dean writing contest in 2014. Her new book of limericks in collaboration with a nature photographer with a specific focus on birds is titled 'Words Of Beak.' Janice draws inspiration from her past and nature. She has deep regard and sense of the transience of life.