Shyla is an analytical Virgo who was raised in Iowa and has spent most of her life in the Midwest. She holds an MFA in Writing from the University of Nebraska where she leveled-up her poetry game and discovered that the writing life has more to offer than just a way to cope with the chaos of the Universe.
Publications
Life and Death at the Castle
Published online by Heartwood Literary Magazine
Issue 11, Spring 2021
Released May 1, 2021
Castle Recursion and Castle Omnipresence
Published online by The Write Launch
February 2, 2021
Open Window
Published online by Wild Roof Journal
Issue #6
January 4, 2021
To Whom or What or Where
Published online by Local Honey | Midwest
January 1, 2021
Pockets Full of Rocks
Published online by Sad Girl’s Club Lit
December 11, 2020
Speed of the Valley
Verses from the Plains A Poetry Collection
Published by The Nebraska Writers Guild
Released October 2020 (Amazon)
Covid Sunset
Fruits of Our Quarantine
Published by Wingless Dreamer
Contest Winner/Top 10 Finalist
Released November 2020
Mining the Gap
Published online by Prometheus Dreaming
Volume 2, Issue 2.5
September 2020
Explorations
The Good Life Review ~ An online literary publication based out of Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 2020 and currently accepting submissions for Issue #3.
Forthcoming in 2021 ~ A Chapbook, “Unsuspecting Cinderella” to be published by Finishing Line Press
This
American Academy of Poets
University and College Poetry Prize
2020 Winner
University of Nebraska, MFA
Posted on poets.org
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Not all those who wander are lost.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN
