Kim Bridgford

|birth_place= Coal Valley, Illinois, U.S. |death_date= |death_place= Bettendorf, Iowa, U.S. |occupation= |alma_mater= University of Iowa (B.A. and M.F.A.)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Ph.D.) |movement= New Formalism |spouse= Peter Duval |children= 1 |awards=Connecticut Professor of the Year (1994)
Donald Justice Poetry Prize (2007) }}

Kim Suzanne Bridgford (August 8, 1959 – June 28, 2020) was an American poet, writer, critic, and academic. In her poetry, she wrote primarily in traditional forms, particularly sonnets. She was the director of Poetry by the Sea: A Global Conference, established in 2014 and first held in May 2015. She directed the West Chester University Poetry Conference from 2010-14.

As editor-in-chief at ''Mezzo Cammin'', a journal of poetry by women, she founded The ''Mezzo Cammin'' Women Poets Timeline Project, which is designed to become the world's largest database of women poets. She was formerly the editor of ''Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and Prose''. Provided by Wikipedia