2025 New Voices Fellows

Liza Bevams

Liza Michelle Bevams (she/they) is a poet, maker, and visual artist whose creative practice and poetics is rooted in improvisation and experimentation. Raised in Altadena, California, she holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Sarah Lawrence College and is a frequent volunteer in her local arts and bookmaking communities. She is an alumna of the Poetry Collective at Lighthouse Writers Workshop and has poems forthcoming in Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora.

Sydney Solis

Colorado native Sydney Solis is an award-winning author, poet, artist and coach. A former journalist, Sydney is the founder of Storytime Yoga® and Mythic Yoga programs for children and adults that connect storytelling and the body. Some of the publications her work has been published include The Haibun Journal, The Caribbean Writer and Kyoto Journal. She has taught at Kripalu and The Omega Center and performed stand-up comedy from Madrid to Buenos Aires.