JULIE E. BLOEMEKE (she/her) is the author of Slide to Unlock (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2020) and co-editor of Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology (Madville Publishing, 2023). A two-time recipient of Books All Georgians Should Read, she is also a 2021 Georgia Author of the Year Finalist. Winner of the 2022 Third Coast Poetry Prize, her poems have been featured on NPR, The Slowdown, and Verse Daily, and her work has appeared in numerous anthologies and publications including Writer's Chronicle, Prairie Schooner, Nimrod, Cortland Review, Gulf Coast, and others. An associate editor for South Carolina Review and a Virginia Center for the Creative Arts fellow, she holds her MA in American Literature from the University of South Carolina and her MFA in poetry from the Bennington Writing Seminars. In 2023, a broadside of her poem "Glass City" was commissioned by the Hiltons at Toledo Downtown to be on permanent view as part of the hotel's commitment to arts and industry collaboration. An advocate for downtown Toledo revitalization efforts, she also directs the annual #5poets5parks initiative with Metroparks Toledo in honor of National Poetry Month. A contract-based writer, editor, teacher, and creative consultant, she can be found online at www.jebloemeke.com.