Monica Lee Weatherly
Monica Lee Weatherly is a poet, writer, and professor of English at Georgia State University’s Perimeter College. She is the 2023 winner of Georgia Author of the Year for her chapbook of poetryIt Felt Like Mississippi, a 2023 Key West Literary Seminar Fellowship recipient, and the 2021 winner of the Willie Morris Award for Southern Writing for poetry. Her work has appeared in numerous literary journals, including Tulane Review, Plainsongs, Nzuri Journal, Merge Literary Magazine, Obsidian, South Florida Poetry Journal, and Auburn Avenue. Her writing often focuses on the culture and experiences of people of color in the American South.
Monica Lee Weatherly is a poet, writer, and professor of English at Georgia State University’s Perimeter College. She is the 2023 winner of Georgia Author of the Year for her chapbook of poetryIt Felt Like Mississippi, a 2023 Key West Literary Seminar Fellowship recipient, and the 2021 winner of the Willie Morris Award for Southern Writing for poetry. Her work has appeared in numerous literary journals, including Tulane Review, Plainsongs, Nzuri Journal, Merge Literary Magazine, Obsidian, South Florida Poetry Journal, and Auburn Avenue. Her writing often focuses on the culture and experiences of people of color in the American South.