Jennifer Whalen (she/her) is a poet & educator from the Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati, Ohio area. She is the author of the forthcoming poetry collection Eveningful, which was selected by Rick Barot as the winner of the 2022 Lightscatter Press Prize. Her poems can be found in Gulf Coast, Denver Quarterly, Southern Indiana Review, New South, Grist, The Boiler, & elsewhere. She previously served as writer-in-residence at Texas State University’s Clark House and currently teaches English at the University of Illinois Springfield.
Recent News
Eveningful is available for preorder!
Eveningful now has a cover and is available for preorder through Lightscatter Press!
July Poem Publications
In July, two new poems were published in the Summer issue of Sixth Finch: “Casserole” & “The Good Man.”
First Book Publication!
Eveningful, my first poetry collection, was selected by Rick Barot as the winner of the 2022 Lightscatter Press Prize and is scheduled to be published in 2024! You can read Lightscatter’s announcement on their website, and poems from the manuscript can be found on my poems publications page. Check back here for updates about the collection and publication!