Linda Joy Burke has published poetry, fiction, op-ed columns, profiles and features stories in numerous newspapers, literary publications, journals and anthologies,  such as in the Whitman edition of Beltway: An On-Line quarterly produced by WashingtonArts.org, Obsidian II Black Literature in Review, Black Issues Book Review, Little Patuxent Review, Wordhouse, September 11, Maryland Voices anthology, Thy Mother’s Glass, and Jambalaya Magazine.  Her poems also appear in the book, Healing Design - Practical Feng Shui for Gracious Living; Hope Karen Gerecht Editor and are featured as part of  the anthology When Divas Laugh - 4 poets; Nefertiti Allen, Chezia Thompson Cager, Jaki Terry, Linda Joy Burke.                  She has performed at readings sponsored by: The Howard County Poetry and Literature Society, Columbia Festival of the Arts, Baltimore Book Festival, Howard County and Enoch Pratt Libraries, The National Black Women's Health Conference, National Poetry Therapist Conference, The Association of Women in Psychology Conference, Common Ground on the Hill Music and Arts Festivals, Barnes & Nobles Bookstores through out Maryland, Baltimore’s Artscape, Common Ground on the Hill Music and Arts Festival, and a variety of venues in the mid-Atlantic region that are too numerous to mention.                 She conducts creativity and writing workshops, in a variety of settings which include: schools from elementary to college level, for at-risk populations of women and juveniles, at festivals, and for people with disabilities.           She  is currently the Poet - in - Residence for the Howard County Center for African American Culture, and President Emeritus of the Board of Directors for the Baltimore Writers’ Alliance. 

Linda Joy Burke is A 2002 Distinguished Black Marylander Award recipient for Art from Towson University’s Office of Diversity and 2004 Coca Cola Company/NFAA Distinguished Teacher in the Arts nominee, and a 2004 Poetry for the People Baltimore Legacy Award recipient.