Chris Wood is a Witness of Christ, a Wife, a Wag-Wrangler with to many puppies to trip over, and a Writer who says, “numbers are my career, but Words are my passion.” She works in property management, holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting, and writes to balance her left brain with her right.
Her work has appeared in several journals and publications, including Salvation South, Poetry Quarterly, Heart of Flesh Literary Journal, and the American First Magazine. She won second prize in the 2016 CWG Spring Contest for her poem, “Thus Your Life Grows,” and in June 2022, she won third prize in The Tennessee Magazine’s Poet’s Playground for her poem, “See Rock City.”
Her work also appears in several anthologies: Women Speak (2025), Bayou, Blues, and Red Clay: Poetry Anthology (2024), Lit Shark’s Best of 2024 Anthology (2024), Adult Children: Being One, Having One, & What Goes In-Between (2021) and Nothing Divine Dies, The Poetry of Nature (2021).
Recent Publications
- “Priory Church of St. Mary” – Atlas Obscura, November 2023
- “Church of St. Peter and St. Paul” – Atlas Obscura, July 2023
Poetry
- “With His Breath” – American First Magazine, January 2025
- “Dear Winter” – Salvation South, January 2025
- “The Long Remembering” – Heart of Flesh Literary Journal, November 2024
- “Unfolding a New Day” – The Highland Echo, November 2024
- “The Color of Grief” – Well Red Magazine, November 2024
- “For the Birds” – Writing in a Woman’s Voice, August 2024