Steven Ray Smith's poetry has been published in The Yale Review, Kenyon Review, Slice, Southwest Review, Barrow Street, Poet Lore, The Hollins Critic, and others. His book, a two minute forty second night (FutureCycle Press, 2022), was shortlisted for the Steel Toe Books Poetry Award 2020.

Steven Ray Smith founded and edited Texas Poetry Journal. In addition to writing, he is a husband, father, marathon runner, cyclist, league bowler, golfer, and poker player. He lives in Austin.