P. SCOTT CUNNINGHAM is the author of Self-Portrait as the “i” in Florida (Autumn House, 2026), selected by Major Jackson as the winner of the 2025 Donald Justice Poetry Prize. His debut collection, Ya Te Veo: Poems (University of Arkansas, 2018), was selected by Billy Collins for the Miller Williams Poetry Series and was a finalist for the National Poetry Series. Born and raised in South Florida, he is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the founder and former executive director of the O, Miami Poetry Festival. He lives with his family in Illinois.
