Andy is a poet and former full-time journalist (who still dabbles). In his journalism career, he won a few awards from the Inland Press Association, National Newspaper Association, and state press associations of Wyoming and Idaho. His poetry has appeared in ellipsis...literature&art, High Shelf Press, and elsewhere. He has a chapbook, The Inferno Lessons, published in 2020 by Kattywompus Press. He's pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at West Virginia University.