Stephen Kampa

Stephen Kampa holds a BA in English Literature from Carleton College and an MFA in Poetry from the Johns Hopkins University. His first book, Cracks in the Invisible, won the 2010 Hollis Summers Poetry Prize and the 2011 Gold Medal in Poetry from the Florida Book Awards. His second book, Bachelor Pad, and his third book, Articulate as Rain, appeared from Waywiser Press. His most recent collection, "World Too Loud to Hear," was published by Able Muse Press in the fall of 2024. 

His poems have appeared in Yale Review, Southwest Review, Raritan, Poetry Northwest, Hopkins Review, First Things, and Cincinnati Review, among others. His poetry has also been awarded the Theodore Roethke Prize, the Collins Prize, first place in the River Styx International Poetry Contest, and multiple Pushcart nominations. He appears in Best American Poetry 2018 and Best American Poetry 2024. He also appears as a session musician on four albums from WildRoots Records.