Tara A. Elliott’s poems have appeared in The TAOS Journal of International Poetry & Art, Wildness,  The American Journal of Poetry, and Stirring among others.  Tara has been a driving force in bringing poetry to the Eastern Shore of Maryland where she teaches English. As the founder and director of Salisbury, Maryland’s Poetry Week and the City of Salisbury's Poet Laureate Project, further outreach includes her roles as the Event Coordinator for the Eastern Shore Writers Association and Chairperson of the Bay to Ocean Writers Conference.  As recipient of the Maryland Humanities' Christine D. Sarbanes Teacher of the Year Award and the Light of Literacy Award she has been recognized for her outstanding contributions to education.  In fall of 2018, she served at Poet-in-Residence for the Freeman Stage, and recently completed a fellowship to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA).