Shelagh Powers Johnson

Shelagh Powers Johnson received her MFA in Fiction from American University and is currently working on her PhD in English. She teaches Literature and Creative Writing at Bowie State University, where she also serves as faculty editor of the university’s literary magazine, The Torch. Her work has appeared in The Portland Review, Ghost Parachute, The Plentitudes, and The Grace and Gravity Anthologies, among others, and her writing has been nominated for Best Microfiction and Best Small Fictions. You can view her TEDxTalk, “Creative Writing: A Transformational Practice,” on YouTube and find her at www.shelaghjohnson.com.