About 

Lisa Bellamy writes poetry and short prose. She is a Writers Studio teacher and studied with Philip Schultz, the school's founder and director. She is the author of the collections Wonder Body (forthcoming 2027) and The Northway, and Nectar, a chapbook. A new chapbook is forthcoming in 2026. She has received two Pushcart Prizes and a Pushcart Special Mention,  a Fugue Poetry Prize, and a Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror Special Mention, and her poems have appeared in The Sun, New Ohio Review, Massachusetts Review, Tri-Quarterly, Pedestal, Chautaqua Review, Southampton Review, Hotel Amerika, Fugue, Kestrel, Allium, Sho Poetry Journal, Atticus Review, Sheila-Na-Gig, North American Review, SWIMM, Gyroscope, Anglican Theological Review, Buddhist Poetry Review, among other publications. Bellamy graduated from Princeton and lives in New Jersey and the Adirondack Park with her spouse, photographer ​Peter Bellamy. Previously, she was a development research analyst on the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church's staff. 
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