Chelsea Jackson

Chelsea Jackson (they/she) is a writer, editor, consultant, and the author of the forthcoming poetry collection All Things Holy and Heathen (April Gloaming, April 2024). Their work asks hard questions, interrogates inherited social narratives, and explores what it means to be human.

Chelsea has an MFA in Poetry from Drew University and is the Managing Editor of The Maine Review. They are published in Riverfeet Press, Fatal Flaw Literary Magazine, Bridge Eight, Hearth and Coffin Literary Journal, and Beyond Queer Words, among other publications, and were a finalist in the 2020 Driftwood Press In-House Poetry Contest and the 2022 Animal Heart Poetry Collection Contest. After moving around for over a decade, they recently returned to their home state of Virginia and now live in Richmond with their partner and cuddly pitbull. You can connect with them via Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok and you can read their work and learn about their editorial/writing services at chelsea-jackson.com.