Madeline Simms is a creative with midwestern roots. She is concerned with how our unique ecologies inform language and believes in place-based pedagogy. Madeline is the recipient of the 2023 AWP Intro Award in Fiction. She has received support from the University of Alabama and Sundress Academy for the Arts. You can find her writing in About Place Journal, Poet Lore, Quarterly West, and elsewhere. Madeline writes and teaches in Madison, WI.