Matthew Johnson is an award-nominated poet, editor, and publisher; he is the author of the poetry collections, Shadow Folk and Soul Songs (Kelsay Books), Far From New York State (New York Quarterly Press), and his latest book, a chapbook, Too Short to Box with God (Finishing Line Press), which is available for purchase.

Among selected journals, Matthew's poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Albany Poets, Anti-Heroin Chic Magazine, Aethlon: Journal of Sports Literature, Delta Poetry Review, Heavy Feather Review, Hudson Valley Writers Guild, Jerry Jazz Musician, Kissing Dynamite Poetry,  London Magazine, The Maryland Literary Review, NY Quarterly, Maudlin House, The New Southern Fugitives, The Roanoke Review, The Sport Literate, South Florida Poetry Journal, Valley Voices, and The Westchester Review. He is the managing editor of The Portrait of New England and the poetry editor at The Twin Bill and has received nominations for the Pushcart Prize and the Best of the Net.

Formerly a sports journalist and editor, he has written for The Carolinian, Fansided, The Daily Star (Oneonta, NY), and the USA Today College, and has been a contributor on radio (WUAG 103.1). 

A native of New Rochelle, New York, and raised in Stratford, Connecticut, he now lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, after earning his MA in English from UNC-Greensboro.  Learn more at his website: www.matthewjohnsonpoetry.com [2]