Judy Halebsky's first book, SKY=EMPTY (New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2010), won the New Issues Prize and was a finalist for the California Book Award. Her chapbook, SPACE/GAP/INTERVAL/DISTANCE (Sixteen Rivers Press, 2012), won the Poets-Under-Forty award from Sixteen Rivers Press. Originally from Nova Scotia, she now lives in Oakland and teaches at Dominican University of California. She is also the author of TREE LINE (New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2014).