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Jess Challis

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A LITTLE MORE About me

POETRY PUBLICATIONS

  • Moon in the Rye Press, [im]perfect witness chapbook, 2025 (ORDER FORM FOR SIGNED COPY)
  • She Said Anthology, "Genesis," 2025
  • Body of Work: A She Said Anthology, "In the Garden," 2024
  • Happy Magpie Queer Art and Poetry Exhibition, “Yachats," 2024
  • Flora/Fauna Ecopoetry Anthology, "Brookings," 2024 
  • Touchstones: Journal of Literature and Art, “Flying," 2023
  • We Want to Tell You: Women's Voices in Utah Anthology, “Portrait of Us,” 2023
  • Beyond Queer Words, “Portrait of Us," 2022
  • Touchstones: Journal of Literature and Art, “Yachats," 2021
  • Touchstones: Journal of Literature and Art, “Coronavirus Dreams," 2021
  • Touchstones: Journal of Literature and Art, “Echo," 2019 
  • Touchstones: Journal of Literature and Art, “electroconvulsive therapy," 2019
  • Touchstones: Journal of Literature and Art, “Ghazal for Katrina," 2005

BOOK ARTS PUBLICATIONS

  • University of Utah Rare Books Collection, body less hand-bound artists’ book with custom box, original art and poetry, Limited Edition of 5, 2025
  • Salt Lake City Library solo art exhibition, body less and other original book structures, 2025
  • Booking a Brouhaha exhibition, Watermarks, hand-bound artists’ book with large clamshell box, 2024

ART PUBLICATIONS/EXHIBITIONS

  • Salt Lake City Library Solo Show, Photography and Digital Art, 2025
  • Body of Work: A She Said Anthology, "Inward," Photography, 2024 
  • Flora/Fauna Ecopoetry Anthology, "Shadow People," Photography, 2024
  • Ponder Review, "Buddha and the Pink Umbrella," Photography, 2023
  • Ponder Review, "Lantern Festival in the Rain," Photography, 2023
  • Light Space Time  “All Women” Art Exhibition, “Shadow Dreams,” Photography, 2023
  • Light Space Time “Patterns” Art Exhibition, “Last Light of Summer,” Photography and Digital, 2023
  • We Want to Tell You: Women's Voices in Utah Anthology, “Christine in Shadow,” Watercolor, 2023
  • Touchstones: Journal of Literature and Art, “Christine in Shadow,” Watercolor, 2019

MULTIMEDIA POETRY

  • Lake as Legacy/Lake as Future Anthology, “Last Family Photos at the Great Salt Lake,” Photography and Poetry Collage, 2024
  • Lake as Legacy/Lake as Future Anthology, “Spiral,” Photography and Poetry Collage, 2024
  • Body of Work: A She Said Anthology, “Visiting Alcatraz with my Teenager,” Photography and Poetry Collage, 2024 
  • Happy Magpie Queer Art and Poetry Exhibition, “Portrait of Us,” Photography and Poetry Collage, 2024  
  • Happy Magpie Queer Art and Poetry Exhibition, “Echo,” Photography and Poetry, 2024
  • Open Shutter Press, "Five Lanes Closed," Digital Art and Poetry Collage, 2024
  • Slippery Elm Literary Journal, "I asked to go to Classic Fun Center for my first Soberversary," Video Poem, 2023

Video Poetry and Hybrid ARt

PROSE PUBLICATIONS

  • The Banyan Review, "Among the Rock Art," Flash Fiction, 2025
  • We Want to Tell You: Women's Voices in Utah Anthology, “Solo,” Creative Nonfiction, 2023
  • Touchstones: Journal of Literature and Art, “Rosalyn,” Horror Short Story, 2020
  • Touchstones: Journal of Literature and Art, “Solo,” Creative Nonfiction, 2020

AWARDS/HONORS

  • Solo art and creative writing exhibition at the Salt Lake City Library, including my photography, handmade paper art, and poetry. 
  • Awarded Wick R. Miller Scholarship through the American West Center at the University of Utah for studies of indigenous peoples.
  • First place in Touchstones: Journal of Literature and Art poetry contest, as judged by Michael Lavers.
  • Second place in the Slippery Elm Literary Journal  Deanna Tulley Multimedia Contest.
  • Second place in the Creative Writing category in Utah Valley University Showcase.
  • Third place inTouchstones: Journal of Literature and Art poetry contest, as judged by Darlene Young.
  • Photography & Digital Special Recognition Artist Award in Light Space Time “Landscapes,” “Patterns,” “Nature” and “All Women” Art Exhibitions.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Creative Writing/Book Arts MFA student at the University of Utah.
  • Bachelor’s degree in English Creative Writing from Utah Valley University.
  • Intermediate Writing Instructor at the University of Utah.
  • Chapbook Editor for Quarterly West literary journal.
  • Reader for the University of Utah Press's Shahid Ali Poetry Prize.
  • Founded Lakeshore Art Studio, which teaches art classes and events to children, youth, and adults, and contributes generously to the community through monetary donations and supply donations to local schools and charities.

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