Skylar Camp (she/her) lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her two kids, her partner, and their fuzzy kitty. Her writing focuses on religious trauma, divorce, polyamory, queerness, parenting, and more. Her work appears in Bi Women Quarterly, The Broadkill Review, and JAKE. Find her at skylarcamp.com. 

A piece about what it's like to be a CNF writer, told during an evening with my partner.

Draft 1/Draft 5

PUSHCART PRIZE NOMINEE

This poem talks about getting through the day with a broken heart.

I miss you, I love you.

A flash CNF story about my son starting Tae Kwon Do classes. I reflect on how much he's grown and how much of a badass he's becoming.

Self-Defense

A story about a mother and a son and a storm and two broken, healing hearts.

Elevated Convection

A prose poem that shows the connection between a past relationship and how it impacts me now. The website includes an audio recording of me reading the poem!

Content warning for emotional abuse. (And for not-graphic vomit references.) 

vomit

My Comment History As a Woman Who Was Abused and Can't Stop Herself From Telling Other Women They Deserve Better

A poem about being angry at men/the world. Content warning for abuse.

Sometimes

"Queer journals want
queer poems, queer stories,
written by queer people
about queerness, about
queer lives, about me."

Can You Tell I'm Queer Even Though I Write About Things That Seem Straight?

"loud gasps of euphoria" is a poem about how pain and pleasure must coexist.

loud gasps of euphoria

"Church" follows four people as they navigate the messiness of church culture. If you've spent any time in Evangelical churches, you'll recognize these characters.

Church

An essay about Evangelical Christianity, Moses, The Prince of Egypt, and me calling God a dick.

I AM

A whimsical story about leopards, bigotry, and familial loss.

Leopards are purple.

An essay on parenting and being bi in Bi Women Quarterly.

Pride and Joy

"Patriarchy and Preachers" is a piece in the anthology "Leaving & Healing" by Spill Stories.

Patriarchy and Preachers

"Purity Ring" is a flash piece in the anthology, "Sex & Power" from Spill Stories.

Selected work