Jeannine Hall Gailey

Gailey was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and raised in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.{{Cite web |title=An Interview with Jeannine Hall Gailey |url=https://www.californiapoetics.org/interviews/1655/an-interview-with-jeannine-hall-gailey/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112204725/http://www.californiapoetics.org/interviews/1655/an-interview-with-jeannine-hall-gailey |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 12, 2012 |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=The California Journal of Poetics}} She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in biology from the University of Cincinnati, Master of Arts in English from the University of Cincinnati, and MFA from Pacific University.{{Cite web |last=Grace Gaddis |first=Kelle |date=2014-10-24 |title=Interview with Jeannine Hall Gailey, Author of Unexplained Fevers |url=https://geosireads.wordpress.com/2014/10/24/interview-with-jeannine-hall-gailey-author-of-unexplained-fevers/ |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=Geosi Reads |language=en}}

In 2012, Gailey was appointed to the position of poet laureate of Redmond, Washington.{{cite web|url=http://www.redmond.gov/ParksRecreation/artsandculture/PoetLaureate/|title=Poet Laureate – City of Redmond|publisher=City of Redmond|accessdate=2012-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823142659/http://www.redmond.gov/ParksRecreation/artsandculture/PoetLaureate/|archive-date=August 23, 2012|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |title=Session Information |url=https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/2019/presenter-bio.aspx?PresenterID=1763 |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=publicaffairs.missouristate.edu |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2012-10-05 |title=Gailey wants to draw techie ‘geeks’ into the world of poetry |url=https://www.redmond-reporter.com/life/gailey-wants-to-draw-techie-geeks-into-the-world-of-poetry/ |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=Redmond Reporter |language=en-US}} She was also selected as a member of the 2013 Jack Straw Writers Program.{{cite web|url=http://www.jackstraw.org/programs/writers/WritersForum/index.html|title=Jack Straw Writers Program|publisher=Jack Straw Productions|accessdate=2013-04-18}} She previously taught at National University and was on the faculty of the Centrum Young Artists Project in Port Townsend, Washington.{{cite web|url=http://www.webbish6.com/poetry/cv.htm |first=Jeannine |last=Gailey |title=Jeannine Hall Gailey Writer's Resume |publisher=Jeannine Hall Gailey |accessdate=2008-02-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423061023/http://www.webbish6.com/poetry/cv.htm |archivedate=April 23, 2008 }}

Gailey has published six books of poetry, Flare, Corona, Field Guide to the End of the World, The Robot Scientist's Daughter, Unexplained Fevers, She Returns to the Floating World, and Becoming the Villainess.{{cite book|title=Flare, Corona: Poems|isbn=978-1950774920|last1=Gailey|first1=Jeannine Hall|date=May 2023}}

• Flare, Corona was a finalist for the 2024 Washington State Book Award in Poetry.{{cite web | title = 2024 Washington State Book Award Finalists Announced! | publisher = Washington Center for the Book | url=https://washingtoncenterforthebook.org/2024-washington-state-book-award-finalists-announced/ | accessdate= 2024-09-04 }}
• Flare, Corona finished third in the 2024 Elgin Awards from the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association.{{cite web | title = 2024 Elgin Award Candidates | publisher = Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association | url=https://www.sfpoetry.com/el/24elgin.html | accessdate= 2024-10-12 }}
• Field Guide to the End of the World won the 2017 Elgin Award from the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association.{{cite web | title = 2017 Elgin Awards for books published in 2015 and 2016 | publisher = Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association | url=http://www.sfpoetry.com/el/17elgin.html | accessdate= 2017-09-23 }}
• Field Guide to the End of the World was a finalist for the Horror Writers Association 2016 Bram Stoker Awards.{{cite web | title = 2016 Bram Stoker Awards Final Ballot | date = February 23, 2017 | publisher = Horror Writers Association | url=http://horror.org/2016-bram-stoker-awards-final-ballot/ | accessdate= 2017-03-05 }}
• The Robot Scientist's Daughter won second place in the 2016 Elgin Awards for full-length poetry books published in 2014 and 2015; presented by the Science Fiction Poetry Association.{{cite web |title= 2016 Elgin Awards | publisher= Science Fiction Poetry Association | url= http://sfpoetry.com/el/16elgin.html | accessdate= 2016-09-25 }}
• Field Guide to the End of the World won the 2015 Moon City Poetry Award.{{cite web | title = Jeannine Hall Gailey wins the 2015 Moon City Poetry Award | date = November 17, 2015 | publisher = Moon City Press | url=http://moon-city-press.com/2015/11/17/2015-poetry-award/ | accessdate= 2016-09-25 }}
• Unexplained Fevers won second place in the 2014 Elgin Awards for full-length poetry books published in 2013; presented by the Science Fiction Poetry Association.{{cite web|title=2014 Elgin Awards for books published in 2013 |publisher=Science Fiction Poetry Association |url=http://sfpoetry.com/el/14elgin.html |accessdate=2014-09-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912084216/http://sfpoetry.com/el/14elgin.html |archivedate=September 12, 2014 }}
• "Introduction to the Body in Fairy Tales" was featured in The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six anthology.{{cite web |title= Table of Contents of The Best Horror of the Year volume Six | date= April 30, 2014 | publisher= Ellen Datlow |url= http://ellendatlow.com/table-of-contents-of-the-best-horror-of-the-year-volume-six/ |accessdate= 2014-08-25 }}
• Selected by Ellen Bass as a runner-up in the first biennial Phyllis L. Ennes Poetry Contest with an appearance at the Skagit River Poetry Festival.{{cite web|title=Jeannine Hall Gailey - Poets - Skagit River Poetry Foundation |publisher=Skagit River Poetry Foundation |url=http://www.skagitriverpoetry.org/poets/jeannine-hall-gailey/ |accessdate=2014-01-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108175740/http://www.skagitriverpoetry.org/poets/jeannine-hall-gailey/ |archivedate=January 8, 2014 }}
• Selected as a member of the 2013 Jack Straw Writers Program.
• Appointed as the second Poet Laureate for the city of Redmond, Washington in 2012.
• Awarded a top prize from the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Memorial Fund (2011) for "A Morning of Sunflowers (for Fukushima)"{{cite web|url=http://www.dorothyprizes.org/2011awards.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140120010128/http://www.dorothyprizes.org/2011awards.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 20, 2014|title=Dorothy Prizes Awarded for 2011|publisher=Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Memorial Fund|accessdate=2012-02-05}}
• She Returns to the Floating World won a silver medal in the Florida Publisher's Association 2011 President's Book Award for Poetry{{cite press release |title= FPA 2011 President's Book Awards Winners |publisher= Florida Publishers Association, Inc. |date=November 2011 |url= http://www.floridapublishersassociation.com/2011-winners |format= PDF |accessdate= 2011-11-10 }}
• Awarded the top prize from the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Memorial Fund (2007){{cite web|url=http://www.dorothyprizes.org/2007awards.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011053035/http://www.dorothyprizes.org/2007awards.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=October 11, 2008|title=Dorothy Prizes Awarded for 2007|publisher=Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Memorial Fund|accessdate=2008-02-20}}
• Awarded a State Artist Trust GAP Grant (2007){{cite web|url=http://www.artisttrust.org/grants/recipient_profiles/GAP/current|title=2007 GAP Recipient Profiles|publisher=Artist Trust|accessdate=2008-02-20}}
• Two poems from her first full-length book, Becoming the Villainess, appeared in Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (2007).{{cite web|url=http://www.lcrw.net/yearsbest/|title=The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror|accessdate=2008-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302062531/http://www.lcrw.net/yearsbest/|archive-date=March 2, 2008|url-status=dead}}

• {{Cite book|title=Flare, Corona|last=Gailey|first=Jeannine Hall|year=2023|publisher=BOA Editions Ltd.|location=Rochester, NY|isbn=978-1950774920 }}
• {{Cite book|title=PR for Poets|last=Gailey|first=Jeannine Hall|year=2018|publisher=Two Sylvias Press|location=Kingston, WA|isbn=978-1948767002 | url=http://twosylviaspress.com/pr-for-poets.html}}
• {{Cite book|title=Field Guide to the End of the World|last=Gailey|first=Jeannine Hall|year=2016|publisher=Moon City Press|location=Springfield, MO|isbn=978-0913785768}}
• {{Cite book|title=The Robot Scientist's Daughter|last=Gailey|first=Jeannine Hall|year=2015|publisher=Mayapple Press|location=Woodstock, NY|isbn=978-1936419425}}
• {{Cite book|title=Unexplained Fevers|last=Gailey|first=Jeannine Hall|year=2013|publisher=New Binary Press|location=Cork, Ireland|isbn=978-0957466128}}
• {{Cite book|title=She Returns to the Floating World|last=Gailey|first=Jeannine Hall|year=2011|publisher=Kitsune Books|location=Tallahassee, FL|isbn=978-0-9827409-2-7}}
• {{Cite book|title=Becoming the Villainess|last=Gailey|first=Jeannine Hall|year=2006|publisher=Steel Toe Books|location=Bowling Green, KY|isbn=978-0-9743264-3-6}}
• {{Cite book|title=Female Comic Book Superheroes|last=Gailey|first=Jeannine Hall|year=2005|publisher=Pudding House Press|location=Columbus, OH|isbn=1-59889-319-X|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/boardrebel0000madd}}
• {{Cite book|title=Understanding Web Services Specifications and the WSE|last=Gailey|first=Jeannine Hall|year=2003|publisher=Microsoft Press|location=Seattle|isbn=978-0-7356-1913-5}}

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• [http://www.webbish6.com/ Official site]
• [http://jackstraw.org/blog/?p=578 Jack Straw interview and reading (audio)]
• [http://www.pw.org/content/jeannine_gailey Poets and Writers Directory of Writers]
• [http://www.steeltoebooks.com Steel Toe Books]
• [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jeannine-hall-gailey Poetry Foundation]

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