Christa Freeman

Christa Fairbrother, MA, is the current poet laureate of Gulfport, Florida.  Her poetry has appeared in Arc Poetry, Pleiades, and Salamander and upcoming work will appear in Grist, Rogue Agent, The Muse.  She’s been a finalist for The Pangea Prize, for The Prose Poem competition, and nominated for a Pushcart Prize.  She’s had residencies with the Sundress Academy for the Arts, the Bethany Arts Community, and her chapbook, Chronically Walking, was a finalist for the Kari Ann Flickinger Memorial Prize.  Water Yoga (Singing Dragon, 2022), her nonfiction book, won medals from the Nautilus Book Awards and the Florida Writers Association.