Janet Cannon’s poems have been published in many literary journals such as the Berkeley Poetry Review (University of California), Texas Review (Sam Houston State University), and William & Mary Review (College of William & Mary)—among others. She has received awards from ASCAP, the Rio Grande Writers Association, and Bless Me Anima.

Janet is the author of the following published book/chapbooks:  The Last Night in New York (Homeward Press), Percipience (Cross Cut Saw Press), and Day Laborers (Plan B Press). Her chapbook Dinner for Two is a quarter finalist in the Mary Ballard Poetry Chapbook Prize.

Janet Cannon has been an editor at Scholastic Books, and a technical writer and editor at several major high-tech corporations. She has taught oral history writing workshops at the NYC Public Library (Chelsea Branch), and ESL at The New School in NYC and community colleges in New York and New Mexico—among other teaching experiences. Janet has read her poems and performed via singing the spoken word all over the United States. She is a graduate of the University of Iowa where she also did graduate work.