Lena Fultz’s short fiction appears in or is forthcoming from JMWW, Blackbird, Santa Clara Review, and more. She placed second in the 2024 Pinch Literary Awards and was a finalist in the Ninth Letter 2024 Literary Awards.
Her professional journey began with a BA in English from Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland and continued with a MFA in Creative Writing from Hollins University, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Roanoke, Virginia, where she was Hollins’ finalist for the AWP Intro Journals Project. Her work explores the nexus of girlhood, coming of age, and coming to awareness.