Chrissy Stegman is a 3x Best of the Net and Pushcart nominated poet and writer from Baltimore, Maryland. Recent work has appeared in Rattle, River Heron Review, Jake, UCity Review, Gone Lawn, Gargoyle Magazine, Stone Circle Review, Fictive Dream, Inkfish, 5 Minutes, Libre, and BULL. Her chapbook, Somewhere, Someone Is Forgetting You, is out now from Alien Buddha Press. She is a 2025 MVCWI Fellow and recipient of the Idyllwild Arts Scholarship for Poetry. Her poem, "Dressing Emily Dickinson in the Wind," was a 2025 Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest finalist. 

A Q&A and open mic will follow. All writers--poets, playwrights, novelists, memoirists, songwriters, etc. are invited to spend time sharing their work. Each reader can read up to three poems or for five minutes. Email [email protected] if you'd like to be added to the open mic list. Please specify if you'd prefer to read toward the beginning, middle, or end of the list. We do our best to accommodate. 

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