Collin Kelley is a poet, playwright and journalist from Atlanta, Georgia. MetroMania Press has published a limited edition chapbook of Collin's work, Slow To Burn, which is available now. His debut collection of poetry, Better To Travel, was  nominated for the Georgia Author of the Year Award, Kate Tufts Discovery Award and Lambda Literary Award. His first spoken word CD, HalfLife Crisis, was released in 2004. He is a two-time  Pushcart Prize nominee.

Kelley's poetry has been published in many literary journals and magazines including Blue Fifth Review,  poeticdiversity, Terminus, New Delta Review, Chiron Review, Split Shot, In Motion, Poetz, The Pedestal, Lily, Blaze, d'Arts, Welter, Poetry Super Highway, Velvet Mafia, The Harrow, Alternative Arts and Literature, SubtleTea, Offerings, Sophomore Jinx, HomeGround (UK) and Nine-Tenths of the Law (Word Diversity Collective Press). New work is forthcoming in In Posse Review and a new David Lynch-inspired anthology, Deranged, from The Private Press in the UK.

Kelley's  work has been anthologized in A Slice of Cherry Pie (Half Empty/Half Full Press; The Private Press), di-verse-city 2005 and 2006,  Walking Higher,  Shout Them From the Mountain Tops: Georgia Poems, Java Monkey Speaks Anthology Vols. 1 & 2 (Poetry Atlanta Press, Kelley is co-editor)  and Red Light: Superheroes, Saints & Sluts (Arsenal Pulp Press).  He is also co-editor of  The Thrill and The Hurting: Poems and Art Inspired by Kate Bush, an anthology published by  Morning Fog Press in the United Kingdom.

He also created two spoken word performances--Poems for Conquering Venus and Two Voices--which premiered on Georgia Tech's WREK radio station program, Advise and Dissent.  His freelance features and reviews have appeared in many regional and national publications, including Georgia Magazine, The Guide, Georgia Journal and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. His interview with acclaimed German director Wim Wenders was  published in MovieMaker magazine in December, 2003. He frequently reviews poetry and films for The Pedestal and SubtleTea.

His play, The Dark Horse, was the recipient of the 1994 Deep South Festival of Writer's Award for Best Play from the University of Louisiana. The play also won the Georgia Theatre Conference Award in 1997 for Best Play. He has completed his first novel, Conquering Venus, and is at work on a second novel.

Kelley sits on the board of Poetry Atlanta, Georgia Writers Association (now an affiliate of Kennesaw State University) and Word Diversity Collective. He has been invited to read at venues both nationally and internationally, including featured readings in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, London, Austin International Poetry Festival and National Black Arts Festival. He also leads workshops on submitting, publishing and marketing poetry. He is a "master poet" for the Poetry Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts annual Poetry Out Loud recitation project, visiting Atlanta schools and judging semi-finalists for the national competition each Spring  in Washington D.C. He hosted the 2006 Georgia finalist competition for Poetry Out Loud, which was televised on PBS. 

By day, Kelley is the managing editor for Atlanta Intown newspaper. He has been a journalist for 20 years. In 2004, Kelley began hosting the Internet radio show The Business of Words on Leisure Talk Radio Network. Contact him at  collinkelley@hotmail.com or visit his website at www.collinkelley.com or his blog at www.collinkelley.blogspot.com.