Betsy Bolton’s recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Hopper, New Croton Review, Snapdragon Journal, Gyroscope Review, Lammergeier Magazine, Amaranth Journal, Split Rock Review, Minnow Literary Magazine, Northern Appalachian Review, Notre Dame Review, Stone Canoe, The Rumen, and Ecozon@. “Broken” won first place in the modern category of the Helen Schaible 2022 International Sonnet Contest. A chapbook entitled Mouth Art of the Bald-faced Hornet was longlisted for the Kingdoms in the Wild Annual Poetry Prize, the title poem was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and a full-length collection with the same name is forthcoming with Finishing Line Press.