When not at her writing desk, Quincy Gray McMichael stewards her farm, Vernal Vibe Rise, on Moneton ancestral land. Her writing, both creative nonfiction and poetry, has appeared in Salon, Assay, Appalachian Review, Yes! Magazine, Burningword, The Dewdrop, and Chautauqua, among others.
Quincy holds an MFA from the Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing at Spalding University. She is a 2022 Pushcart Prize nominee and her poetry collection, Without Child, was shortlisted for the 2023 Steel Toe Books Prize. Quincy serves as Contributing Editor at Good River Review and is completing a hybrid memoir that explores obsession and overwork through a blend of poetry and prose. Twitter: @quincy_gray_mcm | IG: @vernal_vibe_rise