Jay Ponteri directs the Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing at the Pacific Northwest College of Art at Willamette University. He is the founding editor of both the online literary magazine M Review and HABIT Books, a publisher of prose and poetry chapbooks. His memoir, Wedlocked, was published by Hawthorne Books, April 2013, and it received the 2014 Oregon Book Award for Creative Nonfiction. His chapbook of short prose, Darkmouth Strikes Again has been published by Future Tense Books. His essay "Listen to this" was mentioned as a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2010. He has published prose in Del Sol Review, Seattle Review, Salamander, Cimarron Review, Puerto Del Sol, and Forklift, Ohio, among others. His book Someone Told Me has just been published by Widow+Orphan House..

Website: jayponteri.wordpress.com

Publications

• Wedlocked , Hawthorne Books (April 2, 2013)
• Darkmouth Strikes Again , Future Tense Books (May 20, 2014)
• Someone Told Me , Widow+Orphan House (October 22, 2021)

Awards

• Oregon Book Award for Creative Nonfiction(2014)

Employment

• Director of Creative Writing at Marylhurst University (January 2009 - )

Degrees

• Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson College (July 2002)

Genres of Interest

Creative nonfiction, Poetry