Joyce Meyers

Joyce Meyers has been an English teacher, lawyer, world traveler, and award-winning poet. She won Atlanta Review’s 2014 International Poetry Contest, the 2024 Blue Light Poetry Prize, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her poems have been published in numerous journals and anthologies, including The Comstock Review, Atlanta Review, Slant, Muse Literary Journal, Paterson Literary Review, Glimpse, Xanadu, and Caesura.

Her published poetry collections include:

Stray Moments (Blue Light Press 2025), Winner of the 2024 Blue Light Poetry Prize

Twisted Threads (Kelsay Books, 2024), 2025 Independent Press Awards Distinguished Favorite

The Way Back (Kelsay Books 2017), 2025 NYC Book Award Distinguished Favorite

Shapes of Love (Finishing Line Press, 2010)

Wild Mushrooms (Plan B Press, 2007)