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.

She is the founding executive director of The Frances Thompson Writers Studio for Black Trans Study and she is the editor-in-chief of Bodemé. Allen lives in Phoenix, on occupied O’odham Jewed, Akimel O’odham, and Hohokam lands.