Anya Kirshbaum is a bi/queer poet and somatic therapist living in Seattle, Washington. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Swamp Pink, Mississippi Review, Whale Road Review, Crannóg, Solstice Literary Magazine, and elsewhere. She was a finalist for the Orison Spiritual Literature Prize and the Patricia Dobler Poetry Award, was nominated for a 2024 Forward Prize, and was the recipient of the 2023 Banyan Poetry Prize. Her work recently appeared in Best New Poets 2025.