Jianqing Zheng's photographs and photo essays have been published in journals including Arkansas Review, The Southern Quarterly, Dragon Poet Review, and Mississippi Folklife. His photos were used for book and magazine covers by Dragon Poet Review, Down to the Dark River Poetry Anthology, Twisted Vine Literary Arts Journal, University Press of Mississippi, Texas Review Press, among a few other magazines. His poetry manuscript, A Way of Looking, is the winner of the 2019 Gerald Cable Book Award. He lives in the Mississippi Delta.