INTRO to Arya F. Jenkins

Arya F. Jenkins is a Colombian-American poet, writer and peace and social justice activist whose poetry, fiction and CNF have been published in numerous journals and zines. Her stories have received several nominations for the Pushcart Prize, and her poetry has also been nominated for the Pushcart. In 2021, one of her short stories was nominated for the Best of the Net Anthology. She is the author of a collection of short stories, Blue Songs in An Open Key (Fomite, 2018), and four poetry chapbooks, Singing in the Dark (Alien Buddha Press, 2022), Love & Poison (Prolific Press, 2019), Silence Has A Name (Finishing Line Press, 2016) and Jewel Fire (AllBook Books, 2011). She edited No War No More: Poems, Essays, Photos & Artwork for Peace (Greenwood/Blue Lotus Press, 2007). Her mixed genre novel, Punk Disco Bohemian, was released by NineStar Press in September 2021. 

Poetry publications: Agave Magazine, Blue Heron Review, the Bookends Review, Dying Dahlia Review, The Dissident Voice, The Ekphrastic Review, The Feminist Wire, Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, Hawaii Pacific Review, IHRAF Publishes, The Indianapolis Review, IO Literary Journal, Jerry Jazz Musician, The Mackinaw, Otis Nebula, OyeDrum Magazine, Paper Dragon, Quail Bell Magazine, Rag Queen Periodical, Rush Thru the Dark Journal, and Voice of Poetry. In 2021 her poem, "Ruin," was a finalist in the Derick Burleson Poetry Prize and was included in The Best of Choeofpleirn Press 2021 Anthology. In 2022 her poem, "Notes to the Ghost of a Suicide Now Nameless," was nominated by OyeDrum Magazine for the Pushcart Prize.

Arya's poetry, CNF and fiction have been included in more than a dozen anthologies.

Poetry reviews: Cleaver Magazine, Cider Press Review, Rhino Poetry, The Poetry Cafe and Vol. 1 Brooklyn.

Fiction and CNF publications: About Place Journal, Across the Margins, Anti-Heroin Chic, Brilliant Corners, Cleaver Magazine, Eunoia Review, Fictive Dream, Five on the Fifth, The Feminist Wire, Fictional Cafe, Flash Fiction Magazine, Front Porch Review, Glassworks Magazine, Gravel, Jerry Jazz Musician, The Matador Review, Metafore Literary Magazine, Mojave Literary Review, The Nonconformist Magazine, Parhelion Literary Magazine, Pulse Magazine, Sinister Wisdom, Sleet Magazine, Solstice Literary Magazine, Unlikely Stories and Vol. 1 Sunday Stories. 





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