Kathy Nelson is the author of two chapbooks, Cattails (Main Street Rag, 2013) and Whose Names Have Slipped Away (Finishing Line Press, 2017). The recipient of the 2019 James Dickey Prize from Five Points: A Journal of Literature & Art, she holds an MFA in poetry from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers. Her work has appeared in The Practicing Poet: Honing the Craft and in numerous journals, including LEON Literary Journal, New Ohio Review, Southern Poetry Review, Tar River Poetry, and Valparaiso Poetry Review. She has worked as a teacher, telecommunications engineer, and chaplain. She lives in Nevada.
