Campbell is the winner of a Pushcart Prize, an NEA Fellowship in Poetry, and two fellowships from the Florida Arts Council. He has published books such as The Traveler’s Companion, A Day’s Work, and Setting the World in Order – a winner of the Walt McDonald Prize; he has also published his poetry and essays in The Georgia Review, The Florida Review, and The Prairie Schooner among others. His latest book of poetry, Dixmont was published in November 2007.
He now serves as the director of Anhinga Press and the Anhinga Press Prize Poetry, and teaches English at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. He lives with his wife and daughter in Gadsden County, Florida.