Jeannine Hall Gailey Last updated March 10, 2025 American poet
Jeannine Hall Gailey (born April 30, 1973) [ 1] is an American poet. She has published six books of poetry and two books of non-fiction. Her work focuses on pop culture, science and science fiction, fairy tales, and mythology.
Career In 2012, Gailey was appointed to the position of poet laureate of Redmond, Washington . [ 5] She was also selected as a member of the 2013 Jack Straw Writers Program. [ 6] She previously taught at National University and was on the faculty of the Centrum Young Artists Project in Port Townsend , Washington. [ 3]
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 . [ 7]
Honors Flare, Corona was a finalist for the 2024 Washington State Book Award in Poetry. [ 8] Flare, Corona finished third in the 2024 Elgin Awards from the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association. [ 9] Field Guide to the End of the World won the 2017 Elgin Award from the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association. [ 10] Field Guide to the End of the World was a finalist for the Horror Writers Association 2016 Bram Stoker Awards. [ 11] 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 . [ 12] Field Guide to the End of the World won the 2015 Moon City Poetry Award. [ 13] 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. [ 14] "Introduction to the Body in Fairy Tales" was featured in The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six anthology. [ 15] 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. [ 16] Selected as a member of the 2013 Jack Straw Writers Program. [ 6] Appointed as the second Poet Laureate for the city of Redmond, Washington in 2012. [ 5] Awarded a top prize from the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Memorial Fund (2011) for "A Morning of Sunflowers (for Fukushima)" [ 17] She Returns to the Floating World won a silver medal in the Florida Publisher's Association 2011 President's Book Award for Poetry [ 18] Awarded the top prize from the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Memorial Fund (2007) [ 19] Awarded a State Artist Trust GAP Grant (2007) [ 20] Two poems from her first full-length book, Becoming the Villainess , appeared in Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (2007). [ 21] Books Gailey, Jeannine Hall (2023). Flare, Corona . Rochester, NY: BOA Editions Ltd. ISBN 978-1950774920 Gailey, Jeannine Hall (2018). PR for Poets ISBN 978-1948767002 Gailey, Jeannine Hall (2016). Field Guide to the End of the World . Springfield, MO: Moon City Press. ISBN 978-0913785768 Gailey, Jeannine Hall (2015). The Robot Scientist's Daughter . Woodstock, NY: Mayapple Press. ISBN 978-1936419425 Gailey, Jeannine Hall (2013). Unexplained Fevers . Cork, Ireland: New Binary Press. ISBN 978-0957466128 Gailey, Jeannine Hall (2011). She Returns to the Floating World . Tallahassee, FL: Kitsune Books. ISBN 978-0-9827409-2-7 Gailey, Jeannine Hall (2006). Becoming the Villainess . Bowling Green, KY: Steel Toe Books. ISBN 978-0-9743264-3-6 Gailey, Jeannine Hall (2005). Female Comic Book Superheroes . Columbus, OH: Pudding House Press. ISBN 1-59889-319-X Gailey, Jeannine Hall (2003). Understanding Web Services Specifications and the WSE . Seattle: Microsoft Press. ISBN 978-0-7356-1913-5 References ↑ "Summary Bibliography: Jeannine Hall Gailey" . www.isfdb.org . Retrieved June 16, 2022 . ↑ "An Interview with Jeannine Hall Gailey" . The California Journal of Poetics . Retrieved June 16, 2022 . 1 2 Gailey, Jeannine. "Jeannine Hall Gailey Writer's Resume" . Jeannine Hall Gailey. Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved February 20, 2008 . ↑ Grace Gaddis, Kelle (October 24, 2014). "Interview with Jeannine Hall Gailey, Author of Unexplained Fevers" . Geosi Reads . Retrieved June 16, 2022 . 1 2 "Poet Laureate – City of Redmond" . City of Redmond. Archived from the original on August 23, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2012 . 1 2 "Jack Straw Writers Program" . Jack Straw Productions. Retrieved April 18, 2013 . ↑ Gailey, Jeannine Hall (May 2023). Flare, Corona: Poems . ISBN 978-1950774920 ↑ "2024 Washington State Book Award Finalists Announced!" . Washington Center for the Book. Retrieved September 4, 2024 . ↑ "2024 Elgin Award Candidates" . Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association. Retrieved October 12, 2024 . ↑ "2017 Elgin Awards for books published in 2015 and 2016" . Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association. Retrieved September 23, 2017 . ↑ "2016 Bram Stoker Awards Final Ballot" . Horror Writers Association. February 23, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017 . ↑ "2016 Elgin Awards" . Science Fiction Poetry Association. Retrieved September 25, 2016 . ↑ "Jeannine Hall Gailey wins the 2015 Moon City Poetry Award" . Moon City Press. November 17, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2016 . ↑ "2014 Elgin Awards for books published in 2013" . Science Fiction Poetry Association. Archived from the original on September 12, 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2014 . ↑ "Table of Contents of The Best Horror of the Year volume Six" . Ellen Datlow. April 30, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014 . ↑ "Jeannine Hall Gailey - Poets - Skagit River Poetry Foundation" . Skagit River Poetry Foundation. Archived from the original on January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2014 . ↑ "Dorothy Prizes Awarded for 2011" . Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Memorial Fund. Archived from the original on January 20, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2012 . ↑ "FPA 2011 President's Book Awards Winners" (PDF) (Press release). Florida Publishers Association, Inc. November 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2011 . ↑ "Dorothy Prizes Awarded for 2007" . Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Memorial Fund. Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved February 20, 2008 . ↑ "2007 GAP Recipient Profiles" . Artist Trust. Retrieved February 20, 2008 . ↑ "The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror" . Archived from the original on March 2, 2008. Retrieved February 20, 2008 . This page is based on this
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