JD Scott is a Brooklyn, New York and Tampa, Florida based poet and writer. They are the winner of the 2018 Madeleine P. Plonsker Emerging Writers Residency Prize,[1] which produced the story collection Moonflower, Nightshade, All the Hours of the Day.[2] The collection has been positively covered by multiple literary periodicals including Tor.com,[3] The Rumpus,[4] Electric Literature,[5] and Lambda Literary.[6] They are also the author of two poetry chapbooks, Night Errands (winner of the 2012 Peter Meinke Prize for Poetry)[7] and FUNERALS & THRONES, published with Birds of Lace. Their debut full length poetry collection, Mask for Mask, was released from New Rivers Press in 2021 [8] and was described by Publishers Weekly as a "startling", "memorable and energetic debut."[9] Their writing has been anthologized in BAX 2015: Best American Experimental Writing[10] and Best New Poets 2017.[11] Scott's writing has been described as full of "something ominous, wolf-like lurking"[12] and "unsurpassable in its #sorrynotsorry earnestness".[13]

JD Scott

Scott was a Lambda Literary Fellow and edited the Emerge: 2018 Lambda Fellows Anthology.[14] They were the editor of Moonshot,[15] a literary magazine, and are the current editor of AADOREE.[16] Scott has been committed to building literary community in multiple locations, founding the reading series Sacred Grove in Tuscaloosa,[17] AL and Moveable Beasts: A Reading Series That Roams in Tampa, FL.[18]

Bibliography edit

  • Mask for Mask Moorhead, MN. New Rivers Press. 2021
  • Moonflower, Nightshade, All the Hours of the Day Lake Forest, IL. Lake Forest Press/&NOW Books. 2020
  • FUNERALS & THRONES Athens, GA. Birds of Lace. 2013
  • Night Errands Tampa, FL. YellowJacket Press. 2012

Short fiction edit

Title Year First published Reprinted/collected
Frisson 2016 Scott, JD (Fall 2016). "Frisson". Barely South Review. Scott, JD (2020). "Chinchilla". Moonflower, Nightshade, All the Hours of the Day. Lake Forest College Press.
Avatars 2016 Scott, JD (Fall 2016). "Avatars". Baltimore Review.
Their Sons Return Home to Die 2016 Scott, JD (Fall 2016). "Their Sons Return Home to Die". The Account (7). Scott, JD (2020). "Their Sons Return Home to Die". Moonflower, Nightshade, All the Hours of the Day. Lake Forest College Press.
Cross 2017 Scott, JD (Winter 2017). "Cross". Ninth Letter. Scott, JD (2020). "Cross". Moonflower, Nightshade, All the Hours of the Day. Lake Forest College Press.
Moonflower, Nightshade, All the Hours of the Day 2017 Scott, JD (2017). "Moonflower, Nightshade, All the Hours of the Day". Sonora Review (71). Scott, JD (2020). Moonflower, Nightshade, All the Hours of the Day. Lake Forest College Press.
The Teenager 2018 Scott, JD (2018). "The Teenager". Tampa Review (55). Scott, JD (2020). "The Teenager". Moonflower, Nightshade, All the Hours of the Day. Lake Forest College Press.
Fordite Pendant 2018 Scott, JD (2018). "Fordite Pendant". Hotel Amerika. 16. Scott, JD (2020). "Fordite Pendant". Moonflower, Nightshade, All the Hours of the Day. Lake Forest College Press.
Where Parallel Lines Come to Touch 2018 Scott, JD (July–August 2018). "Where Parallel Lines Come to Touch". Cicada. Scott, JD (2020). "Where Parallel Lines Come to Touch". Moonflower, Nightshade, All the Hours of the Day. Lake Forest College Press.
The Hand That Sews 2019 Scott, JD (2019). "The Hand That Sews". Mississippi Review. 46 (3). Scott, JD (2020). "The Hand That Sews". Moonflower, Nightshade, All the Hours of the Day. Lake Forest College Press.
Your Mother, the Goddess Nuit 2019 Scott, JD (2019). "Your Mother, the Goddess Nuit". Indiana Review. 41 (1).
Moon Tempest 2020 Scott, JD (2020). "Moon Tempest". Hayden's Ferry Review (66).

References edit

  1. ^ "JD Scott awarded Plonsker Emerging Writer's Residency". Lake Forest College. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Moonflower, Nightshade, All the Hours of the Day | Northwestern University Press". nupress.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  3. ^ Tor.com (2020-06-24). "Tor.com Reviewers' Choice: The Best Books of 2020—So Far". Tor.com. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  4. ^ "Queer, Magicked Reality: A Conversation with JD Scott". The Rumpus.net. 2020-06-24. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  5. ^ "All the Best Weird Fiction Comes from Florida". Electric Literature. 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  6. ^ "Most Anticipated LGBTQ Books of April 2020 -". Lambda Literary. 2020-04-02. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  7. ^ "Peter Meinke Prize Reading: J.D. Scott". Creative Loafing. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  8. ^ Scott, J. D. (March 2021). Mask for Mask. New Rivers Press. ISBN 978-0-89823-403-9.
  9. ^ "Poetry Book Review: Mask for Mask". Publishers Weekly. 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  10. ^ Scott, JD (2016). "Cantica". In Kearney, Douglas (ed.). BAX 2015: Best American Experimental Writing. Bax Series ed. Edition (January 5, 2016). Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 978-0819576071.
  11. ^ Scott, JD (2017). "Altarpiece in apricot light". In Diaz, Natalie (ed.). Best new poets 2017 : 50 poems from emerging writers. Charlottesville, Virginia: University Of Virginia Press. ISBN 978-0997562316.
  12. ^ "J.D. Scott". The Two Keys Press. Archived from the original on 29 May 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  13. ^ "Funerals & Thrones by JD Scott". Sabotage Reviews. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  14. ^ "Read This! An Excerpt from Emerge: The 2018 Lambda Fellows Anthology". Lambda Literary. 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  15. ^ "Editor's Corner #16: JD Scott for Moonshot • VIDA: Women in Literary Arts". VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  16. ^ "About » AADOREE". AADOREE. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  17. ^ "About". Sacred Grove Reading Series & Seminars. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  18. ^ "CV Highlights + Press |". Retrieved 2020-05-20.

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