Jc AndrewsJC Andrews (she/her), winner of the 2026 Yale Younger Poets Prize, is a lesbian poet from Springfield, Arkansas, with an interest in poems that hold questions as a form of caretaking. Her work can be found in Gulf Coast, The Massachusetts Review, Sal Hill Journal, and elsewhere. Her manuscript, Of an Ilk, was a finalist for the 2024 National Poetry Series, and her poem, "Gargoyle," was the first runner-up of the Palette Poetry 2024 Sappho Prize for Women Poets, judged by Megan Fernandes. She holds a B.A. in English-Creative Writing from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, an MFA from Indiana University, and is currently a student and teacher at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Read More Read Less