Originally from South Florida, SM Stubbs co-owned a bar in Brooklyn until very recently. Recipient of a scholarship to Bread Loaf Writers Conference, he has been nominated for both the Pushcart and Best New Poets. His work has received several awards and has been the runner-up for several more. Poems have appeared in Poetry Northwest, The Normal School, New Ohio Review, Puerto Del Sol, Atticus Review, Carolina Quarterly, Iron Horse Literary Review, and more, with work forthcoming in December and Crab Creek Review, among others.