Geneva J. Phillips

Geneva Phillips is currently finishing up an 18-year sentence at the Dr. Eddie Warrior Correctional Facility in Taft, Ok. She recently placed 2nd in the Arts for Justice Prison Writer’s Challenge (2022). She also has enjoyed publication in Columbia: a Journal of Art and Literature (Spring Issue #57) and the publication of her first book Disappearing in Glimpses, a creative nonfiction memoir (Mongrel Empire Press 2020). She is heavily involved with Poetic Justice (Oklahoma), a therapeutic writing nonprofit where she writes poetry and creates art. 

Winner, 2022 PEN America Prison Writing Contest – 3rd Place in Nonfiction Memoir for “The Hard Part“

2018 PEN America Prison Writing Contest – Honorable Mention in Poetry for “Five Haiku Plus Two“