Kimberly Williams is the 2012 Bright Harvest Prize Winner for poetry. Kimberly has a MFA in Creative Writing from University of Texas El Paso.  She also has a B.A. in English with a concentration in creating writing from Wayne State University and a M.A. in English from Case Western Reserve University.

Kimberly’s first book of poetry, Finally, the Moon, will be out in May 2017 from Stephen F Austin University Press.

She is Residential Faculty in Composition and Creative Writing at Glendale Community College where she directs the Creative Writing program.  She spends time chasing poems and Arizona sunsets on her Harley.

Some of her poems and an interview with the contemporary writer, James E. Cherry, can be found at this link:
http://www.thedrunkenboat.com/kimberlymathes.html