A recent recipient of the John Mackay Shaw Academy of American Poetry Award and a 2009 Pushcart Prize nominee, Scott Bailey received his M.F.A. from New York University, and he is pursuing his doctoral degree in Creative Writing at Florida State University. He also received a M.A. in Creative Writing and a B.A. in English, Summa Cum Laude, from The Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi. His poetry, including co-translations of Latin American Poets have appeared in “The Adirondack Review,” “Cortland Review,” “Chelsea,” “Exquisite Corpse,” “Harpur Palate,” “Indiana Review,” “The Journal,” “Meridian,” “New York Quarterly,” “Poetry International,” “Prism International,” “Southeast Review,” “Verse Daily,” and others; In the anthologies Bend Don’t Shatter (Soft Skull Press) and Poetic Voices Without Borders (Gival Press). His poem “Gigolo” recently appeared in “Exquisite Corpse, ” and his co-translations of Amazonian Poet Juan Carlos Galeano appeared in the documentary The Trees Have a Mother, Amazonian Cosmologies, Folktales and Mystery.

In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself (MW Enterprises, 2005), Poetic Voices Without Borders (Gival Press, 2005), Bend, Don't Shatter (Soft Skull Press, 2003)

2 River Review, 42opus, Adirondack Review, Chelsea, Cortland Review, Exquisite Corpse, Harpur Palate, Indiana Review, Meridian, New York Quarterly, Poems Niederngasse, Poetry International, Prism International, Segue, Southeast Review, Southern Quarterly, The Journal