JP Howard’s debut poetry collection, SAY/MIRROR (The Operating System), was a 2016 Lambda Literary finalist. She is also the author of bury your love poems here (Belladonna*) and co-editor of Sinister Wisdom Black Lesbians--We Are the Revolution! (2018) JP is a featured author in Lambda Literary’s LGBTQ Writers in Schools program. She was a 2017 Split this Rock Freedom Plow Award for Poetry & Activism finalist and is featured in the 2017 Lesbian Poet Trading Card Series from Headmistress Press. JP was the recipient of a 2016 Lambda Literary Judith A. Markowitz Emerging Writer Award and has received fellowships and grants from Cave Canem, VONA, Lambda, Astraea and Brooklyn Arts Council. JP curates Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon, a NY-based forum offering all writers, but especially women and LGBTQ POC and ally writers, a monthly venue to collaborate. The Brooklyn-based portion of the Salon has been the recipient of Brooklyn Arts Council Grants from 2014 through 2019. JP is an Editor-at-Large at Mom Egg Review VOX online. JP’s poetry and essays have appeared in Academy of American Poets poem-a-day series, Anomaly, Apogee Journal, The Feminist Wire, Split this Rock, Muzzle Magazine, and The Best American Poetry Blog. JP has facilitated writing workshops for The City College of New York, Brooklyn Community Pride Center, Apogee Journal, Brooklyn Poets and Black Lesbian DIY Fest, Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon, Baltimore City Community College, Lost Lit amongst other organizations and educational institutions. JP holds a BA from Barnard College, an MFA in Creative Writing from The City College of New York and a JD from Brooklyn Law School. Visit her online: http://www.jp-howard.com [2]