Jessica Jones graduated from the University of South Alabama with a Bachelor’s in English in 2007, and a Master’s in Creative Writing in 2009. She published her first book of poetry in 2009. Her poetry awards include the Shelley Memorial Scholarship and awards by the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, Poets and Patrons Chicagoland and the Alabama State Poetry Society. She has been published in the “Birmingham Arts Journal”, Whatever Remembers Us: An Anthology of Alabama Poetry, “Oracle Fine Arts Review”, and Mise en Place. Jones has served as chair of the Alabama Poet Laureate nominations board, newsletter editor for the Alabama Writers' Conclave, and event coordinator for the Alabama State Poetry Society. She is currently the President of the Alabama Writers’ Cooperative. Her newest book of poetry is being published by Negative Capability Press in late 2024.