Jennifer Campbell

Poet

Lancaster, NY
New York US
Email: 
jenloveswords@aol.com

Author's Bio

Jennifer Campbell is a professor at SUNY Erie, where she teaches writing and poetry. In 2021, she was honored to have two of her poems exhibited in the TAG: Poeta Project at the Burchfield Penney Art Center. She is a co-editor of Earth's Daughters, a feminist literary journal based in Buffalo, NY, where she lives with her husband, son, and two spoiled cats.

Writers Retreats: 
Chautauqua Writers’ Festival

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
North Coast Voices (Main Street Rag, 2026)
,
Empire Poetry Verse (Local Gems Press, 2025)
,
Crossing Lines (Main Street Rag , 2015)
,
A Joyous Season (July Literary Press, 2009)
,
Mourning Sickness (OmniArts, 2008)
,
Nickel City Nights (The Writer's Den, 2008)
Books:
What Came First (Dancing Girl Press, Chicago, 2021)
,
Supposed to Love (Saddle Road Press, 2013)
,
Driving Straight Through (Foothills Publishing, 2008)
Journals:
5x5 Literary Magazine
,
Abandoned Mine
,
Adanna
,
American Journal of Nursing
,
ArLiJo
,
Bacopa Literary Review
,
Blood Lotus
,
Blood Tree Literature
,
Blue Unicorn
,
Bluebird Word
,
Bluestem Magazine
,
Bronze Bird Review
,
Caesura
,
Chest
,
Clockhouse
,
Common Ground Review
,
Crosswinds Poetry Journal
,
Cumberland Poetry Review
,
deLuge
,
Earth's Daughters
,
Earthshine
,
Eclipse
,
Evening Street Review
,
Feile-Festa
,
Freshwater Literary Journal
,
Front Range Review
,
Fugue
,
FutureCycle Poetry
,
Great Lakes Review
,
Healing Muse
,
Heartlodge
,
Indefinite Space
,
Languageandculture.net
,
Last Stanza Poetry Journal
,
Letterhead
,
Little Patuxent Review
,
Louisiana Literature
,
Medical Journal of Australia
,
Medical Literary Messenger
,
Mom Egg Review
,
Nerve Cowboy
,
New Millennium Writings
,
Not Just Air
,
NOVUS Literary and Arts Journal
,
Off the Coast
,
Oyez Review
,
Paterson Literary Review
,
The Pedestal
,
Pennsylvania English
,
Penumbra
,
the prompt
,
r.kv.r.y. quarterly
,
Red Rock Review
,
riverSedge
,
Rockhurst Review
,
San Pedro River Review
,
Santa Fe Literary Review
,
Saranac Review
,
Seems
,
Shot Glass Journal
,
Skyline Magazine
,
SLAB
,
Slant
,
Slipstream
,
The Sow's Ear Poetry Review
,
Tertulia Magazine
,
The Bond Street Review
,
The Comstock Review
,
The Teacher's Voice
,
Thimble Literary Magazine
,
Third Wednesday
,
Trajectory
Prizes won: 

Fairy Tale Review 2017 Poetry Contest Finalist; New Millennium Writings 40th Annual Poetry Contest Semi-finalist; River Styx 2014 International Poetry Contest Finalist; Just Buffalo Members 2013 Poetry Contest Honorable Mention

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Ada Limon, Tommy Orange, Jesmyn Ward, Salman Rushdie, T.S. Eliot

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Buffalo
Raised in: 
Buffalo, NY
New York
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Last update: Oct 13, 2025