About

Biography, artist philosophy, and credentials for storyteller Bailey Lewis and her work.

Hello hello! I'm Bailey Lewis.

aka the Bailey in Bailey Sends Word

About Me

I'm an award-winning, multimedia storyteller (MFA Creative Writing with distinction, University of South Carolina). I combine words, images, and physical materials to create intuitive and collective story experiences.

My work explores the collective and individual stories we live by - the plot lines that are as old as myth itself yet as modern as you and me. The stories we tell ourselves shape our reality, so I believe we need more stories that help us to see and celebrate, give us words for our experiences, and remind us of our connection to ourselves, the world, and all that is.

I’m interested in what happens when the mythic collides with modern life. I'm always drawn to that magic seam that runs just beneath our common human experience.

Recent projects of mine include "Found Oracles," an ever-expanding interactive pick-a-card storytelling site and "The Gumball Machine of Great Fortune," which was a recipient of an ArtFields SC grant for its installation at the 2026 ArtFields Festival.

Over my 20+ years as a storyteller, my work has been published in many literary magazines, named a winner of multiple national storytelling contests, honored as a recipient of several grants and fellowships, shown at exhibitions across the country, listed in Wigleaf's Best of the Web, and nominated for the Pushcart Prize.

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