Jada Renée Allen

Jada Renée Allen is a Black poet, writer, and educator from Chicago. A 2022 92Y Discovery Poetry Contest winner, she is the recipient of fellowships, scholarships, and support from Tin House, the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, Community of Writers, and VONA (Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation), among other organizations.

The 2025 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellow, Allen is the founding executive director of The Frances Thompson Writers Studio for Black Trans Study. She is also the editor-in-chief of Bodemé. 

Allen lives in Phoenix, on occupied O’odham Jewed, Akimel O’odham, and Hohokam lands.