Lizabeth Yandel

Originally from Chicago, Lizabeth Yandel is a writer, filmmaker, and musician based out of rural Oregon. She received her poetry MFA from UC Irvine and was awarded the 2022 University of California Graduate Prize for Excellence in Poetry. Her poems appear or are forthcoming in The Southern Review, Copper Nickel, Rattle, The American Journal of Poetry, Nashville Review, and The 2020 “Best of” Los Angeles Review. Her first screenplay was chosen as a semifinalist in the highly regarded Blue Cat Screenwriting Competition of 2022.