Christa Fairbrother, MA, is the current poet laureate of Gulfport, Florida. Her poetry has appeared in Arc Poetry, Pleiades, and Salamander among others, and she’s a reader for Fahmidan Journal. She’s had residencies with the Sundress Academy for the Arts and the Bethany Arts Community. She’s been a finalist for the Leslie McGrath Poetry Prize, The Prose Poem Competition, The Pangea Prize, and was a Pushcart Prize nominee.