She has won a number of awards, including the 2013 Literaturpreis des Kulturkreises der deutschen Wirtschaft, the 2015 Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis and the Carl Zuckmayer Medal by Rhineland-Palatinate.

She lives in Bamberg,[1] where she has been directing the International House of Artists Villa Concordia [de], a cultural institution founded by the State of Bavaria, since 2010.

[3] She completed internships at the Leo Baeck Institute in New York City (2001 and 2004) and the archive of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles (2000).

Her musical stage partners have included: Günter Baby Sommer, Franz Tröger, Scratch Dee, Michael Stauffer, Word Class Ensemble and DJ Kermit.

In 2013, Nora Gomringerwrote the libretto for the opera project Three flying minutes, (music by Helga Pogatschar, and director Peter Schelling) which premiered in Basel.

For several years, the Poetry Slam had its permanent venue in the Morph Club, Bamberg and is managed by the award-winning Slammer and author Christian Ritter.