Jenifer DeBellis

Poet

Author's Bio

Jenifer DeBellis, M.F.A., is author of New Wilderness (Cornerstone Press, a 2023 International Book Award finalist), Warrior Sister, Cut Yourself Free from Your Assault (Library Tales, 2nd edition forthcoming from Simon & Schuster 2025), and Blood Sisters (Main Street Rag). Her freelance career spans over two decades, allowing her to ghostwrite and edit literary and mass media content. She edits Pink Panther Magazine and directs aRIFT Warrior Project and Detroit Writers’ Guild (501c3). She's featured in Psychology Today and Seattle's My Independence Report and her writing appears in AWP's Festival Writer, CALYX, the Good Men Project, Medical Literary Messenger, Solstice, and other fine journals. A former Meadow Brook Writing Project fellow, JDB facilitates summer workshops for Oakland University as well as teaches writing for Macomb Communty College. More at JeniferDeBellis.com.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
New Wilderness (Cornerstone Press, 2023)
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Journals:
Amygdala
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Festival Writer
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Last Leaves Magazine
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Medical Literary Messenger
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Panoply
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Sliver of Stone
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Prizes won: 

New Wilderness (Cornerstone Press) was a finalist in the 2023 International Book Awards.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, At Risk Youth, Teachers, Teenagers
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Mt Clemens, MI
Michigan
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Last update: Jan 29, 2024