Mag Gabbert is the author of SEX DEPRESSION ANIMALS (Mad Creek Books, 2023), winner of the 2021 The Journal Charles B. Wheeler Prize in Poetry, and the chapbook Minml Poems (Cooper Dillon Books, 2020). Her work can also be found in American Poetry Review, Pleiades, The Paris Review Daily, The Massachusetts Review, Waxwing, and many other publications. She has a PhD in creative writing from Texas Tech University and an MFA from The University of California at Riverside; she’s received fellowships from the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, Idyllwild Arts, and Poetry at Round Top; and, in 2021, she was awarded a 92Y Discovery Prize. Mag teaches at Southern Methodist University.
Teaching Experience
| Title | Institution | Courses Include | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Assistant Professor | Southern Methodist University |
The Art of Creativity & Expression; Research-Based Writing; The Human Experience: Intro to Graduate Liberal Studies |
2022 – Present |
| Adjunct Lecturer | Southern Methodist University |
Creative Writing Across Genres; Creating Compelling Narratives; Creative Writing for Publication |
2018 –2022 |
| Graduate Part-Time Instructor | Texas Tech University |
Introduction to Creative Writing; Introduction to Poetry; Essentials of College Rhetoric |
2014 –2018 |
| Faculty Instructor | Writing Workshops Dallas |
Poetry for Beginners; Mixed-Levels Poetry; Mixed-Levels Personal Nonfiction |
2017 - 2020 |
| Guest Faculty Lecturer | University of California at Riverside |
Building with Tombstones: On Revival and Revision; ‘She Unnames Them’: Naming in Contemporary Poetry |
2018 & 2020 |
Editorial Experience
| Position | Publication | Institution | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting Editor | Carve Magazine | Limpede Ink, LLC | Mar. 2018 – Aug. 2022 |
| Interviews Editor | Underblong Journal | Independent Publication | Aug. 2018 – Aug. 2022 |
| Associate Editor | Iron Horse Review | Texas Tech University | Aug. 2014 – May 2018 |
| Graduate Advisor | The Harbinger | Texas Tech University | Sept. 2014 – May 2015 |
| Associate Poetry Editor | The Coachella Review | University of California at Riverside | Dec. 2011 – Aug. 2014 |
| Co-Editor | The Trinity Review | Trinity University | Aug. 2009 – May 2011 |
Selected Awards & Recognitions
- 2022 Finalist for the City of Dallas, Texas’ inaugural Dallas Poet Laureate
- 2022 Kenyon Review Writers Workshop Peter Taylor Fellow
- Winner of OSU/The Journal’s 2021 Charles B. Wheeler Prize in Poetry
- Winner of a 2021 92Y Discovery Award from the 92Y Unterberg Poetry Center
- 2020 Idyllwild Arts Poetry Fellow
- Winner of American Literary Review’s 2019 Rossetti Broadside Prize
- 2018 Poetry at Round Top Graduate Fellow