Jacob Butlett (he/him) is a three-time Pushcart Prize-nominated poet with a B.A. in Creative Writing. He is pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry). Jacob's creative works have been published in journals such as The Comstock Review, The West Review, Colorado Review, The Hollins Critic, The MacGuffin, Lunch Ticket, Into the Void, and Plain China. He has work forthcoming in Whale Road Review and Glint. In 2017 Jacob won the Bauerly-Roseliep Scholarship for academic and literary excellence at Loras College. In 2019 he was a finalist in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards residency competition.