Tess Barry is an American poet shortlisted for the 2015 Manchester Poetry Prize (UK). Twice a finalist for North American Review’s James Hearst Poetry Prize and Aesthetica Magazine’s (UK) Poetry Award, she was also shortlisted for the 2014 Bridport Poetry Prize (UK). Her poems most recently appeared or are forthcoming in Mudfish Vol.19, Cordite Poetry Review (Australia), The Pickled Body (Ireland), The Woven Tale Press Literary and Arts Magazine (UK), and online at the Manchester Writing School. Barry is a Fellow of the Western Pennsylvania Writing Project and teaches literature and creative writing at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh.