Poetry Collection

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  • Finalist for 2026 Wisconsin Poetry Series' Brittingham and Felix Pollak Prizes

  • Finalist for the 2025 Poetic Justice Institute Editor’s Prize for a BIPOC writer.

  • Semi-Finalist for 2025 Wisconsin Poetry Series' Brittingham and Felix Pollak Prizes

  • Top 10 finalist for the 2024 Hollis Summers Poetry Prize as seen here.

  • Finalist for the 2024 Inaugural Poetic Justice Institute Editor's Prize for a BIPOC writer

  • Semi-Finalist for 2023 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry

  • Semi-Finalist for 2023 Wisconsin Poetry Series' Brittingham and Felix Pollak Prizes

  • Finalist for the 2021 Poets Out Loud (POL) Prize

  • Finalist for the 2021 Colorado Prize for Poetry, judged by Sherwin Bitsui

  • Poetry from this collection was also named a finalist for the 2025 Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards in poetry.

    Krystal will continue polishing this manuscript with her trusty coffee mug at her side until it finds a home.

Selected Poems/Publications

• North American Review, Spring 2026 (Forthcoming): “Viviana (Este)” - selected by Danez Smith as the runner-up for the 2026 James Hearst Poetry Prize

• Radar Poetry, Issue 32 (February 2022): “LA NIÑA TIENE UNA PREGUNTA” - nominated for the 2022 Pushcart Prize as seen here

• The Morningside Monocle (Various Issues 2017-2019): Columbia Law School’s student-run literary magazine