Curriculum Vita
Jeffrey L. Newberry, PhD
Education
PhD University of Georgia, Athens, 2010 (Creative Writing, 20th Century American and British literatures)
MA University of West Florida, Pensacola, 2000 (Creative Writing, Poetry)
BA University of West Florida, Pensacola, 1998 (English and Creative Writing)
MA University of West Florida, Pensacola, 2000 (Creative Writing, Poetry)
BA University of West Florida, Pensacola, 1998 (English and Creative Writing)
Academic Appointments
2011-Present Professor of English, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
2008-2011 Associate Professor of English, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
2005-2008 Assistant Professor of English, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
2002-2005 Instructor of English, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
1999-2002 Adjunct Instructor, University of West Florida
2008-2011 Associate Professor of English, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
2005-2008 Assistant Professor of English, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
2002-2005 Instructor of English, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
1999-2002 Adjunct Instructor, University of West Florida
Fellowships and Awards
Author's Prize for "Name," awarded by Mary: A Journal of New Writing (2016)
Named first-ever “Poet in Residence” at Abraham Baldwin College (2014)
Finalist for the Richard Peterson Poetry Prize, awarded by Crab Orchard Review (August 2013)
Finalist for the Argos Poetry Prize, awarded by the Country Dog Review (May 2013)
Nominated by fellow faculty for Donaldson Award for Excellence in Teaching Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (2013-2016)
A Visible Sign nominated for the Conference on Christianity and Literature’s Book of the Year (2009)
Original poem “Deep, Like Blood” nominated for a Pushcart Prize (2008)
Tennessee Williams Scholarship, The Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Summer 2008
ABAC Pacesetter Award (Nominated and chosen by students for outstanding institutional service), 2013, 2010
Recipient of a Faculty Development in Georgia (FDIG) Grant (2005-2007)
Scholarship, West Chester University Conference on Form and Narrative, Westchester, Pennsylvania, Spring 2005
Named “Governor’s Teaching Fellow” by the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia, Athens, Summer 2004
Named first-ever “Poet in Residence” at Abraham Baldwin College (2014)
Finalist for the Richard Peterson Poetry Prize, awarded by Crab Orchard Review (August 2013)
Finalist for the Argos Poetry Prize, awarded by the Country Dog Review (May 2013)
Nominated by fellow faculty for Donaldson Award for Excellence in Teaching Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (2013-2016)
A Visible Sign nominated for the Conference on Christianity and Literature’s Book of the Year (2009)
Original poem “Deep, Like Blood” nominated for a Pushcart Prize (2008)
Tennessee Williams Scholarship, The Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Summer 2008
ABAC Pacesetter Award (Nominated and chosen by students for outstanding institutional service), 2013, 2010
Recipient of a Faculty Development in Georgia (FDIG) Grant (2005-2007)
Scholarship, West Chester University Conference on Form and Narrative, Westchester, Pennsylvania, Spring 2005
Named “Governor’s Teaching Fellow” by the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia, Athens, Summer 2004
Selected Publications
Novels
A Stairway to the Sea, Pulpwood Press, 2016
In the Pines, Pulpwood Press (forthcoming)
Poetry Collections
Brackish, Aldrich Press, 2012
Chapbooks
A Visible Sign, Finishing Line Press, 2008
Anthologies (Editor)
The Gulf Stream: Poems of the Gulf Coast. Jeff Newberry and Brent House, editors. Snake Nation Press, 2013.
Poetry
"The Bottom-Fisher's Prayer," The MacGuffin (forthcoming)
“Body Speaks,” Columbia Review (forthcoming)
“Letter after Orlando, after Sandy Hook,” Scarlet River Review
“I was a Preteen Werewolf with Bad Teeth,” Communion
“Three Epistolary Poems” (Collaboration with Justin Evans), Peacock Journal, Fall 2016
“Slight Return,” Atticus Review, November 2016
“A Widow in Early Spring,” One, Spring 2016
“Fourteen Footnotes for an Autobiography,” Southeast Review, Spring 2015
“How to Talk About the Dead,” “Spring’s Return,” and “About Disappointment,” Crab Orchard Review, Spring 2014
“The Cartographer’s Song,” Bayou, Spring 2014
“A Description of the Illusion,” Redactions: Poetry & Poetics, Winter 2014
“Late October:,” Birmingham Poetry Review, Winter 2014
“A Map of North Florida” and “Highway 98 East, Port St. Joe, Florida,”
Country Dog Review, Spring 2013
“In Which I Explain What I Meant to Say” and “Yours Truly, Sincerely, Apalachee Review, 63, Spring 2013
“Four Days Before the End of the World,” Evening Will Come, February 2013
“All My Possible Selves from Alternate Universes Meet in a Bar for a Drink,” Sweet: A Literary Confection, Fall 2012
“To Come of Age in a Mill Town,” Chattahoochee Review, Fall 2012
“With Benjamin n Greensboro, Alabama,” Waccamaw: A Journal of Contemporary Literature (Spring 2012)
Prose
“Name,” Mary: A Journal of New Writing, Fall 2016
“The Paper Man’s Son,” Snake Nation Review, Fall 2016
“Paul’s Boutique, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Beastie Boys,” storySouth, Fall 2013
“What Our Fathers Know,” Atticus Review, Summer 2012
A Stairway to the Sea, Pulpwood Press, 2016
In the Pines, Pulpwood Press (forthcoming)
Poetry Collections
Brackish, Aldrich Press, 2012
Chapbooks
A Visible Sign, Finishing Line Press, 2008
Anthologies (Editor)
The Gulf Stream: Poems of the Gulf Coast. Jeff Newberry and Brent House, editors. Snake Nation Press, 2013.
Poetry
"The Bottom-Fisher's Prayer," The MacGuffin (forthcoming)
“Body Speaks,” Columbia Review (forthcoming)
“Letter after Orlando, after Sandy Hook,” Scarlet River Review
“I was a Preteen Werewolf with Bad Teeth,” Communion
“Three Epistolary Poems” (Collaboration with Justin Evans), Peacock Journal, Fall 2016
“Slight Return,” Atticus Review, November 2016
“A Widow in Early Spring,” One, Spring 2016
“Fourteen Footnotes for an Autobiography,” Southeast Review, Spring 2015
“How to Talk About the Dead,” “Spring’s Return,” and “About Disappointment,” Crab Orchard Review, Spring 2014
“The Cartographer’s Song,” Bayou, Spring 2014
“A Description of the Illusion,” Redactions: Poetry & Poetics, Winter 2014
“Late October:,” Birmingham Poetry Review, Winter 2014
“A Map of North Florida” and “Highway 98 East, Port St. Joe, Florida,”
Country Dog Review, Spring 2013
“In Which I Explain What I Meant to Say” and “Yours Truly, Sincerely, Apalachee Review, 63, Spring 2013
“Four Days Before the End of the World,” Evening Will Come, February 2013
“All My Possible Selves from Alternate Universes Meet in a Bar for a Drink,” Sweet: A Literary Confection, Fall 2012
“To Come of Age in a Mill Town,” Chattahoochee Review, Fall 2012
“With Benjamin n Greensboro, Alabama,” Waccamaw: A Journal of Contemporary Literature (Spring 2012)
Prose
“Name,” Mary: A Journal of New Writing, Fall 2016
“The Paper Man’s Son,” Snake Nation Review, Fall 2016
“Paul’s Boutique, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Beastie Boys,” storySouth, Fall 2013
“What Our Fathers Know,” Atticus Review, Summer 2012
Selected Conference Presentations and Workshops
“Gulf States Noir,” panel chair, Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing Teachers, Faulkner State College, Fairhope, Alabama, March 11, 2017
“Southern Noir and the Gothic,” panelist, Alabama Book Festival, Montgomery, Alabama, April 23, 2017
“Mapmaking and Poetry: Charting Your Place,” Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Young Writers Conference, Tifton, Georgia, May 30, 2015
“The Cartographer’s Sleight of Hand: Maps, Poetry, and the Paths We Chart,” Georgia Poetry Society Meeting, Athens, April 25, 2015
“Getting the Words Down: Writing and Routine,” Gulf Coast Writers Conference, Gulf Coast State College, Panama City, Florida, September 20, 2014
“Creative Writing, Ecology, and Ecocriticism: Possibilities and Practices,” Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing Teachers Conference, University of South Alabama, Fairhope, April 6, 2013
“Southern Noir and the Gothic,” panelist, Alabama Book Festival, Montgomery, Alabama, April 23, 2017
“Mapmaking and Poetry: Charting Your Place,” Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Young Writers Conference, Tifton, Georgia, May 30, 2015
“The Cartographer’s Sleight of Hand: Maps, Poetry, and the Paths We Chart,” Georgia Poetry Society Meeting, Athens, April 25, 2015
“Getting the Words Down: Writing and Routine,” Gulf Coast Writers Conference, Gulf Coast State College, Panama City, Florida, September 20, 2014
“Creative Writing, Ecology, and Ecocriticism: Possibilities and Practices,” Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing Teachers Conference, University of South Alabama, Fairhope, April 6, 2013
Professional Service
Faculty, Sanibel Island Writers Workshop, 2014
Faculty, Gulf Coast Writers Conference, 2013-present
President, Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing Teachers, 2011-2014
Vice President, Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing Teachers, 2010-2011
Faculty, Gulf Coast Writers Conference, 2013-present
President, Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing Teachers, 2011-2014
Vice President, Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing Teachers, 2010-2011
