JC Andrews is a poet, teacher, and student from Springfield, Arkansas. She holds a B.A. in English-Creative Writing from Hendrix College, an MFA from Indiana University, and is currently attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to pursue a PhD in Creative Writing. Her work can be found in Gulf Coast, Salt Hill Journal, Massachusetts Review, and elsewhere. Most recently, she was a finalist for the 2024 National Poetry Series, the winner of the 2023 Columbia Journal Print Contest judged by Donna Masini, and the first runner up of the Palette Poetry 2024 Sappho Prize for Women Poets judged by Megan Fernandes.