Krystle May Statler (she/her) is a Black-multiracial poet, artist & digital designer currently living in Portland, OR with her partner, Kevin and array of plant-babies. She received an MFA in Writing from Otis College of Art & Design in 2017. As of September 2022, Krystle has been accepted into the 2022/23 Poetry Portfolio Program at the IPRC.
Her works are featured in Poetry from Instructions Sampler 6 & 2, poetry.onl, 1455's Movable Type Issue 7 & 9, The Santa Fe Writers Project Quarterly, Cultural Weekly.
More of her poetry will soon be featured in Suburbia Journal (Issue VI), Sepia Quarterly (Melancholy Issue), Beyond Words Literary Magazine (Issue 34) and others.
Krystle's debut poetic-visual hybrid, Losing Blood, was a finalist for the 2022 CRAFT Hybrid Writing Contest & the 2021 CAAPP Book Prize.