Monica Lee Weatherly

Doctor of Arts in Humanities (English Literature Concentration) from Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia .
Master of Arts in English from Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism (Broadcast) from Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma.

Monica Lee Weatherly is a poet, writer, and Professor of English at Georgia State University (Perimeter College). She is the 2023 winner of Georgia Author of the Year for her chapbook of poetry, It Felt Like Mississippi, a 2023 Key West Literary Seminar Workshop Fellowship recipient, and the 2021 winner of the Willie Morris Prize for Southern Poetry. Her work has appeared in numerous literary journals, including Tulane Review, Plainsongs Magazine, Nzuri Journal, Merge Literary Magazine, Obsidian, South Florida Poetry Journal, and Auburn Avenue. She is a member of the Georgia Writers Association and listed in the Georgia Writers Registry. Her writing often focuses on the culture and experiences of women of color in the American South.

- 2023 Georgia Author of the Year (Poetry Chapbook)
- 2021 Winner of the Willie Morris Award for Southern Poetry
- 2013 Perimeter College Trio Program Excellence in Teaching Award
- 2006 Langston University National Alumni Hall of Fame Award
- 2004 Recipient of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Excellence in Teaching Award

Georgia Writers Association
Faculty of the African Diaspora Association