Justin Montgomery

I taught myself to write creatively, draw, paint, play music, sing and act over the eleven years I have been in prison. My poetry and artwork will be published in CÆSURA, the Journal of Poetry Center San José, this year. Recently one of my plays has been accepted for performance.

Currently I am incarcerated in Washington State at the Stafford Creek Correction Center. I have under two years remaining on my sentence for 2nd-degree murder. You may contact me through inmateclassifieds.com.


Articles by Justin Montgomery

Literary Awards
Thursday May 10

Static Night

Apartment 25A stepped back from Jake as he stepped up from the parking lot. The too-crisp edges of the cheap apartment door flexed as if laughing. Next to it, to Jake’s left, a darkened window avoided his gaze. The rubber soles of Jake’s scuffed work boots felt for traction on the concrete curb. Jake wiped