Stephen Nelson is a Scottish writer and visual poet who works in a variety of forms including concrete poetry, asemic writing, fiction and prose poetry. He has exhibited in several countries including Italy, Germany, USA, Argentina, Brazil and at the 2011 Text Festival in Bury, England. His textual poetry has appeared in journals internationally, including Posit, Eratio and Anthropocene Journal, and in three full collections. A poem from his book, Lunar Poems for New Religions, was published in The Sunday Times Poet's Corner. He speaks light language, practices meditation, and enjoys living by a burn in a town in central Scotland.