Bio
Amy Beth Sisson (she/her) lives near the skunk cabbages in a town outside of Philly. Her poetry has appeared in One Art, Cleaver Magazine, The Night Heron Barks, Ran Off With the Star Bassoon, Philadelphia Stories, The Shoutflower, Hot Pink Magazine, and others. Sundress Publications selected her manuscript I Instruct My Toad How to Write Poetry as a semifinalist for its 2022 Chapbook Contest. Her fiction has appeared in The Best Short Stories of Philadelphia, Enchanted Conversation, and Sweet Tree Review. Her non-fiction for children has appeared in Highlights High Five magazine. Starting in the 2020 lockdown, she began making a series of stress doodles using cheap markers. She received her MFA in poetry 2023 at Rutgers Camden, is an Associate Artist with the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice, and an Editorial and Special Projects Assistant for Fence Publishers.