Shelby “Mahogany” Wilson has been in Alaska for over twenty years. She is the vice president of Black Feather POETS Alaska, a nonprofit organization built on bringing cultures together through art. Shelby is a published poet, who started her poetic venture with Alaska Poetry League. In 2005, she was fourth runner-up in the Alaska Poetry Slam contest. Since then, Shelby has expanded her creative talents to include performance poet, workshop facilitator, writer, spiritual counselor, and motivational speaker. Her work has appeared online in Daily Love, Vox Poetica, Fib Review, Eskimo Pie, Poetry from Wherever, Poetic Medicine, Moon Magazine, and Bent Alaska. Her print work has appeared in SaFire Magazine, Alaska Women Speak, and in the anthology In My Lifetime: Wonders. Shelby produced and appeared on a spoken-word CD entitled Lyrical Finesse, a Black Feather Production. She has self-published a chapbook titled Serenity, and the poetry collections Broken Wings, Mending Damaged Souls, and Verbal Stimulation, An Intimate Collection of Poetry.