Libby Bernardin is the author of Stones Ripe for Sowing (2018, Press 53) and two Chapbooks, The Book of Myth chosen by Kwame Dawes. Journal publications include, The Asheville Poetry Review, Southern Poetry Review, Kakalak. She has won poetry awards from the Poetry Society of South Carolina, and the North Carolina Poetry Society. Her new book, House in need of Mooring is forthcoming from Press 53 in 2022. She is a lifetime member of the Board of Governors of the SC Academy of Authors.