Talya Jankovits is an award-win­ning writer. She has received mul­ti­ple Push­cart Prize and Best of the Net nom­i­na­tions. Her essays, fic­tion, and poet­ry have been fea­tured in numer­ous mag­a­zines, some of which have received acco­lades such as first place, Editor’s Choice Award, and Hon­or­able Men­tions. Her poet­ry col­lec­tion, girl woman wife moth­er (Kel­say Books, 2024) received First Place in Con­tem­po­rary Poet­ry in the 2024 Book­fest Awards. She holds her MFA in Cre­ative Writ­ing from Anti­och Uni­ver­si­ty and resides in Chica­go with her hus­band and four daugh­ters. To read more of her work you can vis­it her at www​.talya​jankovits​.com