Lee Chottiner
Bio:
Lee Chottiner is a poet and journalist living in Louisville, Kentucky. His poetry has appeared in several print and digital journals. An alumnus of the Poetry Gauntlet, Lee is currently working on his first chapbook, which he hopes to have out later this year. This is Lee’s second LexPoMo.
Reason for Signing Up:
Some poets need a kick in the proverbial pants to write. You’re reading about one right now.
Sue Neufarth Howard
Bio:
Sue Neufarth Howard: Published poet and visual artist, past member of Greater Cincinnati Writers League (GCWL), Linton Street Writers. Received Third Prize and/or Honorable Mention in several Ohio Poetry Day Contests. Poetry chapbooks: TreeScapes, EarthWords, In and Out of the Blue Zoo and Haiku Moments, available on amazon.com
Reason for Signing Up:
Challenging me to write some new poems to enter in this May event.
Karen George
Bio:
Karen George, a native Kentuckian, has published Swim Your Way Back (2014), A Map and One Year (2018), Where Wind Tastes Like Pears (2021), and forthcoming Caught in a Trembling Net (2024). She published her debut fiction, How We Fracture, a collection of short stories, in January 2024. She enjoys photography and visiting art museums, cemeteries, gardens, the woods, mountains, and historic river towns.
Reason for Signing Up:
Because I’ve been writing a poem-a-day in June with other LEXPOMO poets since the beginning. I've always found it inspiring. Having a daily deadline is a good thing for me. I work well under pressure.
Sean L Corbin
Bio:
Sean L Corbin is the Poetry Gauntlet Coordinator for the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning. He is the author of THE LEPER DREAMS OF SNOW (Finishing Line, 2018).
Reason for Signing Up:
Always.
Dana Wangsgard
Reason for Signing Up:
To get encouragement from friends
Ariana Alvarado
Bio:
Ariana Alvarado is a graduate student at the University of Louisville pursuing her MA in English. Her work has been published in The White Squirrel Magazine, Preposition: The Undercurrent Anthology, Sanctuary Magazine, and two editions of the Ariel Magazine. Her poem “I ask my father why he believes.” won the Flo Gault Student Poetry Prize in 2022 from Sarabande Books.
Reason for Signing Up:
To be in community with other pets and encourage others in their work.
Katerina Stoykova
Bio:
Katerina Stoykova is the author of several books, most recently Between a Bird Cage and a Bird House (University Press of Kentucky, 2024) and The Poet's Guide to Publishing: How to Conceive, Arrange, Edit, Publish and Market a Book of Poetry (McFarland, 2024).
Reason for Signing Up:
I need to write a few new poems, y'all!
Abby Kane
Bio:
Abby Kane is a sophomore at DePaul University studying animation with a minor in screenwriting. In her limited free time, she loves writing anything from stories, to songs, to poems, and beyond. She recently published her first novel, "Song of the Stars," and is working on the sequel.
Reason for Signing Up:
I don't write poetry nearly as often as I would like to, so I always love a way to hold myself accountable!
Manny Grimaldi
Bio:
His currency is his word.
Reason for Signing Up:
I signed up for #LexPoMo because National Poetry Month in Lexington is not in April, but reigns in June.
River Alsalihi
Bio:
River is eighteen years old & will never stop writing.
Haley Biddle
Bio:
Haley is a creative with expertise in media and marketing. Most of all, she is a dreamer, a humble dreamer with a lust for the present. Without an ethereal mix of soul, r&b, and alternative music, her head would be uninspired. Haley has been pen pals with Juliet in Verona, written love notes in Lexington, and buried letters in Nicholasville. For it is the ceremony of pen and paper that sends her into a honeymooned bliss.
Reason for Signing Up:
I believe a lot of people like to hide behind their writing. Sometimes so much so that the fire meets it first. Sometimes I see that fire dance on my walls in the candlelight. Where fragrance meets fear, cement meets roadblock, and heat meets headache. This act of choosing is a waterfall. I have a voice, and I want to be heard.
Kerfoot
Bio:
Someone like you
Reason for Signing Up:
For the push to write daily and to read/share with others
Amy Le Ann Richardson
Bio:
Amy Le Ann Richardson was born and raised in Morehead, KY and holds an MFA from Spalding University (‘09). Amy works for Community Farm Alliance and is a farmer, writer, artist, and teacher who has received grants and fellowships from the Kentucky Foundation for Women. She is the author of Who You Grow Into, Finishing Line Press 2024, and her work has been featured in multiple journals. She lives and works on her Kentucky farm.
Reason for Signing Up:
Community and accountability.
Ryan Oppegard
Bio:
Ryan is a lover of his only son, only dog, and bacon… lots of bacon.
He also avoids cholesterol tests, enjoys gardening and working in his yard.
Reason for Signing Up:
To improve, to vent, and to connect with a community that enjoys writing.
Louise Tallen
Bio:
Gobsmacked by the natural world, Louise is a lover of all things wild and furry. She believes in magic, mystery, and mischief.
Reason for Signing Up:
Here I am doing this for a fourth year. I am a glutton for self-doubt.
TTPD secretary
Bio:
The secretary tries her hand at poetry.
kj
Bio:
she/they
KJ likes to write sometimes.
Reason for Signing Up:
I always need more practice writing.
Bethany Robinson
Bio:
Bethany, Beth, is a short story writer and poet originally from Eastern Kentucky. She is a researcher, a lover of nature, a yoga instructor, and an advocate/council member of the Bluegrass Survivors Council and volunteer for multiple organizations in Lexington, Kentucky. Finally, Bethis a freelance sports writer with Queer KY and a burlesque dancer with BurLex.
Carrie Elam Spillman
Bio:
Carrie likes to walk around barefoot and be by herself. While she is a recluse she enjoys the company of good people, family and animals. Carrie will remain in the EKY hills till death and beyond that. If you need her she can be found baking, chasing her babies, or sitting quietly watching the sunset.
Reason for Signing Up:
Following my dreams one year at a time