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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)
  • Coda Anthology, "Genesis," “Alaska,” “Metamorphosis,” 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," “Coronavirus Dreams," 2021
  • Touchstones: Journal of Literature and Art, “Echo," “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 
  • Coda Anthology, “Contortions I and IV,” ink on mulberry, “After Infusions III and V,” ink on mulberry, 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," "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,” “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,” “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 the Becky Williams Thomas Award through the University of Utah Book Arts Program for my artist’s book body less to be included in the Rare Books Collection.
  • Awarded the 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 the Utah Valley University Showcase.
  • Third place in Touchstones: 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 taught art classes and events to children, youth, and adults.

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