Ranney Campbell

Poet

Lake Isabella, CA

California US

Author's Bio

Ranney Campbell is a former journalist and freelance writer and author and artist of the poetry chapbooks, "Pimp," and "Charcoal and Ink," and author of the poetry chapbooks, "the desert so," and "Caddish." Her BA with concentrations in psychology and American politics and MFA in fiction are from the University of Missouri at St. Louis.

PHOTO: On the back porch of Brown's in the Hyde Park Neighborhood of St. Louis, where Campbell's father fought Golden Gloves and, on the night in 1985 this picture was taken, her brother played lead guitar in the death metal band, Karcass.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Covid, Isolation & Hope: Artists Respond to the Pandemic (Finishing Line Press, 2021)

Essential Voices: A COVID-19 Anthology - Borderless Book Series (West Virginia University Press, 2021)

Redshift 4 (Arroyo Seco Press, 2020)

Chapbooks:

Caddish (Arroyo Seco Press, 2023)

Charcoal and Ink (Arroyo Seco Press, 2023)

the desert so (Bottlecap Press, 2022)

Pimp (Arroyo Seco Press, 2021)

Journals:

Amethyst Review

Anti-Heroin Chic

Drunk Monkeys

Eastern Iowa Review

Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal

Hoot Review

Hummingbird

The Main Street Rag

Misfitmagazine

One Art

Silver Birch Press

Third Wednesday

Twelve Winters Journal

Prizes won:

Southern Illinois Writers' Guild Essay Competition - 2nd place (2005), CinemaSpoke Screenwriting Competition-finalist (2005), Journalist of the Year, Missouri College Media Association (2000).

More Information

Born in:

St. Louis, MO

Missouri

Raised in:

St. Louis, MO

Missouri

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Last update: Jan 30, 2024