Connie Johnson is a California-based writer with multiple Pushcart Prize nominations for poetry. Her publishing credits include The Iconoclast, Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, San Pedro River Review, Syncopation Literary Journal, The Muleskinner Journal, Gargoyle, Sophon Lit, Voicemail Poems, Toasted Cheese Literary Journal, Mudfish, Shot Glass Journal, Gargoyle, Oddball Magazine, Glint Literary Journal, Exit 13, Sport Literate, and Sheila-Na-Gig. She’s authored two poetry collections: Everything is Distant Now (Blue Horse Press) and I Have Almost Everything (boats against the current); In a Place of Dreams and Still Wild, her digital chapbooks (which contain audio readings/personal narrative), were published by Jerry Jazz Musician.