Jeannine Ouellette's stories and essays have appeared in many journals including North American Review and Narrative and several anthologies including Women’s Lives: Multicultural Perspectives. Her work has been recognized in numerous contests including those sponsored by Iowa Review, Glimmer Train, and more. She has received fellowships from Millay Colony and Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, teaches and mentors through the Minnesota Prison Writers Workshop and AWP’s Writer to Writer program, and is the founder of Elephant Rock, an independent writing program based in Minneapolis, where she lives near the banks of the Mississippi.