Jada Renée Allen is a Black trans writer, educator, & conjure-woman of letters living & working in Phoenix, AZ on U.S.-occupied O’odham Jewed, Akimel O’Odham, & Hohokam lands. She is from Chicago, IL.

Editorial Experience

• Freelance Manuscript Editor & Consultant, November 2017–Present.

• Poetry Editor, Hayden’s Ferry Review, March 2020–November 2020.

• Associate Poetry Editor, Four Chambers Press, August 2017.

Educational Facilitation & Teaching Experience

• Poetry Instructor, Queer Poetry Salon/AZ Humanities, January 2022.

• Poetry Instructor (Guest), Arizona State University, November 2021.

• Poetry Instructor, Emerging Diné Writers’ Institute, July 2021.

• Poetry Instructor, The Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, March 2021.

• Poetry Instructor, Ellipsis Writing, September 2020–October 2020.

• Poetry Instructor, One-N-Ten: An Organization for LGBTQ+ Youth, August 2019–April 2020*

• Poetry Instructor (Guest), Willow Canyon High School, January 2016.

Publications

(2023). “Ars Poetica,” & “bildungsroman,” Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature & Fine Arts, Issue 35.2, Summer/Fall. Forthcoming.

(2022). “Tendril.” Poem-A-Day, Academy of American Poets, edited by Jake Skeets.

(2022). From “CHIRAQ.” The Paris Review Daily, 92Y Discovery Poetry Contest Announcement.

(2021). “Interior.” Poem-A-Day, Academy of American Poets, edited by Kazim Ali.

(2021). “Tarry.” Verse.press, “God’s Brown Face” playlist.

(2020). “But the cove of risk, ruinous, if not rhythmic.” Wildness, Issue 23, Summer.

(2019). From “A Study in Black Faggotry.” Hayden’s Ferry Review, Issue 64, Spring/Summer, The Magic Issue.

(2019). “That Humble Boy Who Kept the Sheep,” “Night Unbridled,” & “Tarry.” Colorado Review, Volume 46, Number 2, Summer.

(2018). “The Soul Wishes It Could Blow on the Wound,” “When Thy King Is a Boy: Black Dance & the Question of Agency in the Quare Body,” “Pastoral,” “Nocturne,” & “Seed.” Virginia Quarterly Review, Volume 94, Number 2, Summer.

Presentations

• Speaker, “Juju Poetics.” The Virginia G. Piper Center, Arizona Statue University. 2-20 March 2021. Held online.

• Speaker, “The Politics of Love Poetry.” Emerging Diné Writers’ Institute. 22 July 2021. Held online.

• Interlocutor/Q&A facilitator, “The Messenger is the Message: Voicecraft & the Personal Essay” with Gregory Pardlo. The Virginia G. Piper Center, Tempe Center for the Arts. March 21, 2019. Tempe, AZ.

• Speaker, “The Art of Persona: Condensing Social Distance Between Poet & Mask.” Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference, Arizona State University. 22 February 2019. Tempe, AZ.

• Speaker, “Interrogating Empathy” Panel with Maritza N. Estrada, Joel Salcido, Elliot Rose Winter. Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference, Arizona State University. 23 February 2019. Tempe, AZ.

• Speaker, “Constructing Social Justice Blueprints.” MLK Youth Rally: 30 for 30 Edition at Phoenix College with Grades 7-8. 30 January 2016. Phoenix, AZ.

Readings

• An Evening of Poetry at Tin House with Jae Nichelle & m. mick powell. 18 March 2023. Portland, OR.

• 92Y Discovery Poetry Contest Winners’ Reading. 19 May 2022. New York City, NY.

• The Emerging Diné Writers’ Institute Faculty Reading. 22 July 2021. Held online.

• Queer Poetry Salon with Manny Lolely & Richard Siken. 26 June 2021. Held online.

• The Quarantine Reading Series Featuring Phillip B. Williams & Justin Phillip Reed. 28 May 2020. Held online.

• Unruly: A Reading & Discussion with Jari Bradley. 18 May 2020. Held online.

• [Pank] Reading Party with Hayden’s Ferry Review*. 5 March 2020. San Antonio, TX.

• Foglifter Presents The Horizon is Not A Border Off-Site AWP Reading*. 5 March 2020. San Antonio, TX.

• The Letters Festival with Saretta Morgan, Sarah Rose Etter, & Solmaz Sharif. 16 November 2019. Phoenix, AZ.

• Hayden’s Ferry Review Issue 64 Launch Party with Felicia Zamora & Raquel Gutiérrez. 9 September 2019. Phoenix, AZ.

• Fine Arts Work Center Workshop Participants’ Reading. 11 July 2019. Provincetown, MA.

• Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics Summer Writing Program Fellows’ Reading. 14 June 2019. Boulder, CO.

• Queer Poetry Salon with Erin Noehre. 30 October 2019. Tempe, AZ.

• Kenyon Review Writers Workshop Participants’ Reading. 21 June 2018. Gambier, OH.

• Tin House Winter Conference Participants’ Reading. 27 January 2018. Portland, OR.

• We Jazz June 2.0 at The Nash Jazz Club. 15 June 2018. Phoenix, AZ.

• VONA/Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation Samuel R. Delaney Tribute Faculty Reading with Patricia Smith, Danez Smith, Marjorie Liu, Reyna Grande, Kim Euell, Ruth Forman, David Mura, & Faith Adiele. 23 June 2017. Philadelphia, PA.

• VONA/Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation Fellows’ Reading. 22 June 2017. Philadelphia, PA.

• We Jazz June: Tribute to Gwendolyn Brooks at The Nash Jazz Club. 7 June 2017. Phoenix, AZ.

• MLK Youth Rally: 30 for 30 Edition at Phoenix College. 30 January 2016. Phoenix, AZ.

Fellowships, Grants & Artist Support

• Grant Recipient, City of Phoenix Office of Arts & Culture. 2021. Phoenix, AZ.

• Hatty Fitts Walker Scholar, The Fine Arts Work Center Workshop with Nicole Sealey. 2019. Provincetown, MA.

• Amiri Baraka Scholar, The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics Summer Writing Program Poetry Workshop with Roger Reeves. 2019. Naropa University. Boulder, CO.

• Scholar/Fellow, The Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers’ Conference. 2019. Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ.

• Lucille Clifton Memorial Scholar, The Community of Writers Poetry Workshop with Evie Shockley, Kazim Ali, Monica de la Torre, Robert Hass, Sharon Olds, & Dean Young. 2018. Olympic Valley, CA.

• Scholar, The Kenyon Review Writers Workshop with Solmaz Sharif. 2018. Kenyon College. Gambier, OH.

• Scholar, The Tin House Winter Conference with Evie Shockley, Patricia Smith, & Patricia Lockwood. 2018. Newport, OR.

• Scholar, The Home School Hudson Conference with CAConrad, Brian Blanchfield, Adam Fitzgerald, Douglas Kearney, Myung Mi Kim, Harryette Mullen, Jorie Graham, & Simone White. 2017. Hudson, NY.

• Fellow, The VONA/Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation Poetry Workshop with Patricia Smith. 2017. University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA.

Awards & Honors

• Writer-in-Residence, Tin House Residency. 2023. Portland, OR.

• Winner, 92Y Discovery Poetry Contest/The Joan Leiman Jacobson Prizes. 2022. New York City, NY.

• Finalist, The Miami Book Fair Emerging Writer Fellowship for Poetry. 2020, 2022. Miami Dade, FL.

• Honorable Mention Awardee, The Idyllwild Arts Writers Week Fellowship*. 2020. Idyllwild, CA.

• Finalist, The Langston Hughes Fellowship at the Palm Beach Poetry Festival. 2019. Delray Beach, FL.

• Featured Speaker, Arizona School of the Arts Black History Month Celebration. 2019. Phoenix, AZ.

• Selected Participant, Poets House Master Class with Gregory Pardlo. 2018. New York City, NY.

Media & Press
• Interview with Imogen Arate, Poets & Muses Podcast. 23 March 2020. Soundcloud.

• “Exceptional Poetry from Around the Web.” July 2018. Frontier Poetry website.

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* Affected by COVID-19