Jessamyn Smyth’s art has appeared in Red Rock Review, American Letters and Commentary, Nth Position, MiCrow/Full of Crow, Wingbeats: Exercises and Practices in Poetry, and many other journals and anthologies. She has received honorable mention in Best American Short Stories (2006), a long list of prize nominations, and is the recipient of fellowships, scholarships, and grants from the Robert Francis Foundation, Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference, and many others. Jessamyn is the founding Director of the new Quest Writer’s Conference, and is faculty in Humanities at Quest University in Canada. She was the founding is Editor in Chief of Tupelo Quarterly.