JC Andrews is a lesbian poet from Springfield, Arkansas. She holds a B.A. in English-Creative Writing from Hendrix College, an MFA from Indiana University, and is currently attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to pursue a PhD in Creative Writing.
Her work can be found in Gulf Coast, Salt Hill Journal, The Massachusetts Review, and elsewhere. Most recently, she was a finalist for the 2024 National Poetry Series and the first runner up of the Palette Poetry 2024 Sappho Prize for Women Poets judged by Megan Fernandes.
read poems here
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all published work:
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“Ozarks,” poetry.onl, forthcoming
“Unorganize this Mothership,” “how it is,” and “Hope Carves,” Waxwing, forthcoming
“The Truth,” Third Coast, forthcoming
“You Say What Is It I Say An Eyelash,” Columbia Journal, winner of 2023 Winter Print Contest, Spring 2024
“Premastication,” Salt Hill Journal, Spring 2024
“Fever” and “Florissant,” Gulf Coast, Winter/Spring 2024
“Momma, Refracted,” Massachusetts Review, edited by Franny Choi, Spring 2022
“You Hush,” Red Wheelbarrow, Fall 2021
“Teaching,” Winner of the Aonian Poetry Prize, chosen by Nickole Brown, Spring 2020
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