Kristy Snedden, poet

Kristy began writing poetry in 2020. She studied with Phillip Schultz's Writers Studio for three years and currently studies privately with Margaret Greaves and Emily Leithauser. Her debut collection, That Broken Tooth, That Blue Tattoo, is coming in 2026 from Indolent Books. Her poetry appears or is forthcoming in various national and international print and electronic journals and anthologies, most recently Contemporary Verse 2, storySouth, Door is a Jar, Snapdragon, 12 Mile Review, Muleskinner, and Gyroscope Review. Her poetry has been nominated for Best of the Net and for a Pushcart Prize. Her poem, "Dementia," received an Honorable Mention from Writer's Digest 90th Annual Writing Competition in 2021 and she was named a 2023 Emerging Woman Poet by Small Orange Journal. Kristy is the founding editor of the on-line journal From Bone to Brain: An International Journal of Poetry, Prose, Art, and Healing. She writes poetry to create islands of calm in our chaotic world and connect with others and because it's the most fun she has ever had. She believes deeply in the power of poetry to heal. In her free time, she loves hiking in the Appalachian Mountains near her home in Georgia or hanging out, listening to her husband and their dogs tell tall tales.