Judy Halebsky is the author of three poetry collections, most recently, Spring and a Thousand Years (Unabridged)(University of  Arkansas Press  2020) which was a finalist for the National Poetry Series and the Miller Williams Prize. Born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, she holds an M.F.A. in English & Creative Writing from Mills College and a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from the University of California, Davis. On fellowships from the Japanese Ministry of Culture, she spent five years living in Kanazawa and Tokyo, where she trained in Butoh dance and Noh theatre. Halebsky’s work has been supported by fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Millay Colony, and the Vermont Studio Center. Her book Sky=Empty won the New Issues Prize, and her chapbook  Space/Gap/Interval/Distance won the Poets-Under-Forty Award from Sixteen Rivers Press. Tree Line was shortlisted for five awards including the Believer Poetry Award and the California Book Award. Along with  poetry, Halebsky also writes articles, essays, plays, and performs live improvised stories. She directs the low-residency MFA program at Dominican University of California and lives in Oakland. 

Website: http://judyhalebsky.com

Publications

• Spring and a Thousand Years (Unabridged) , University of Arkansas Press (March 15, 2020)
• Tree Line , New Issues (September 1, 2014)
• Sky = Empty , New Issues (March 1, 2010)

Employment

• MFA Director and Professor of English at Dominican University of Callifornia (August 2010 - )

Degrees

• Master of Fine Arts in English & Creative Writing from Mills College (May 1998)
• Doctoral Degree in Performance Studies from University of California Davis (May 2009)

Genres of Interest

Poetry