A poet, journalist, and curator, NaBeela Washington has been writing since the age of six.
Though her roots were established in The South, she now embraces the beauty of The Midwest to translate the complexities of the Black experience and impacts of growing up in fast food. She uses her Bachelor's degree in Visual Advertising from The University of Alabama at Birmingham and her Master's degree in English and Creative Writing from Southern New Hampshire University to organize arts programs that bring people together.
She received a Best New Poets nomination and a Voices of Color Poet Fellowship from Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing, was among 20 finalists for Catapult Seacoast's '10 to Watch’ award, and was invited to read her poetry by the Takoma Park Poetry Reading Series. She is also the proud mama of the lively literary arts organization, Lucky Jefferson.
Her poetry has been published in The Cincinnati Review, The Washington Writers’ Publishing House, Juke Joint Magazine, perhappened mag, The Sligo Journal, Roanoke Review, Crazyhorse and others.