Kate Pyontek is a writer, artist, and pushcart-nominated poet. Kate has received fellowships from arts institutions including Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, The Ellis Beauregard Foundation, and The Volland Foundation. Kate holds a BA in Comparative Literature and History, a BS in Computer Science, and an MFA in Creative Writing. Their poems are published or forthcoming in Poetry, Ecotone, New Ohio Review, Southeast Review, and elsewhere. Kate lives and works in Cambridge, MA, where they are currently working on a novel.