Jack Mackey earned his M.A. in English from the University of Maryland. His first book, Up, Out & Over (Kelsay Books, 2024) won awards from the Delaware Press Association (first place) and from the National Federation of Press Women (second place).
A Best of the Net nominee, Jack was awarded a fellowship in poetry by the Delaware Division of the Arts and was chosen to participate in the Disquiet International literary program in Lisbon, Portugal.
Individual poems have appeared in Gargoyle, Third Wednesday, Broadkill Review, Anti-Heroine Chic, Argyle, The Louisville Review, Schuykill Valley Journal, and other literary publications. Jack lives in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.