Carrie Addington's poems have appeared in Poet Lore, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Deaf Poets Society, American Literary Review, The Collagist, RHINO, The Cimarron Review, American Poetry Journal, The Wide Shore, Gargoyle, Waxwing, Mount Hope Magazine, American Literary Review, and Rogue Agent.  She is the recipient of the Virginia Downs Poetry Award, the American Literary Review Poetry Award, and a Pushcart nominee. She is currently a part of the team at American Poetry Journal.

Carrie Addington’s writing has appeared in industry publications including NEA Today, Talent Development (TD Magazine), Sugarloaf Crafts Magazine, and she has appeared as a guest on a variety of podcasts discussing topics such as leadership, public speaking, poetry and finance.

She is currently working on a collection of micro-memoirs and has completed her second full-length poetry collection, The Beauty Machine, which uses her tenure working in the beauty industry as a lens for examining the intricacies of the relationships around her.  Her book, Facilitation in Action: Finding Your Authentic Training Style (2022) is available for order at Amazon and other retailers.

She received a Master of Fine Arts, Poetry degree from George Mason University. She currently resides in Savannah, GA where she leads the facilitator team for the Association for Talent Development.