Ashley M. Jones Title: Author, Teacher, Poet Location: Birmingham, Alabama Expertise: Ashley M. Jones is Poet Laureate of Alabama (2022-2026). Her work has been featured by The New York Times, Good Morning America, the BBC, and other outlets. Her most recent collection, REPARATIONS NOW!, was longlisted for the PEN/Voelker Award. She teaches at the Alabama School of Fine Arts and Converse University. Ashley M. Jones is Poet Laureate of Alabama (2022-2026). Her work has been featured by The New York Times, Good Morning America, the BBC, and other outlets. Her most recent collection, REPARATIONS NOW!, was longlisted for the PEN/Voelker Award. She teaches at the Alabama School of Fine Arts and Converse University. Experience Jones served as Official Poet for the City of Sunrise, Florida’s Little Free Libraries Initiative from 2013-2015, and her work was recognized in the 2014 Poets and Writers Maureen Egen Writer’s Exchange Contest and the 2015 Academy of American Poets Contest at FIU. She was also a finalist in the 2015 Hub City Press New Southern Voices Contest, the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award Contest, and the National Poetry Series. Jones has been featured on news outlets including Good Morning America, ABC News, and the BBC. About Southern Living Southern Living, a Dotdash Meredith Brand, celebrates the food, homes, places, and culture of the South. We reach 7.2 million readers a month. Our content is written by experienced journalists and fact checked for accuracy. Learn more about us and our editorial guidelines.