Debra Stone’s poetry, essays and fiction can be found in Under the Gum Tree, Random Sample Review, Green Mountains Review (GMR), About Place Journal, Saint Paul Almanac, Wild Age Press, Gyroscope, Tidal Basin, and forthcoming in other literary journals. Sundress Publishers nominated Debra’s essay, “Grandma Essie’s Vanilla Poundcake,” Best of the Net, judged by Hanif Abdurraquib in 2019. In 2021 her poem, “year-of- staying–in place,” was nominated Best of the Net and Pushcart nominated. She’s received residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, Callaloo, The Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, New York Mills Arts Residency and is a Kimbilio Fellow. In 2019 she was a Loft Fellow for the Minnesota based The Loft Mentor Series in creative nonfiction and was a finalist for The Loft Emerging Writers Grant. She is also a recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board Cultural Community Partnership Grant and Minnesota Regional Arts Council Grant. Debra is Vice-chair and Chair of the Governance Committee at Graywolf Press in Minneapolis.