Carla Schick
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Carla Schick (they/them) is a queer, nonbinary poet and essayist who received a Certificate in Poetry from Berkeley City College. They served on the editorial board of Milvia Street Literary Arts Journal. Their undergraduate and graduate work was in philosophy and related humanities, but they taught math in California public schools for 30 years.
Jazz music has been a major inspiration in their writings & musings. They believe in the power of the creative arts to forge a path to transformative justice. Their everyday life is a weaving of music, language and politics. They have done Palestine solidarity work for over 40 years.
Carla was a recipient of the 2023 Literary Award in Poetry from SF Foundation/Nomadic Press. Carla received a 2024 Honorable Mention in the California State Poetry Society's annual contest. Their unpublished manuscript won an honorable mention in the Concrete Wolf annual book-length poetry contest. Carla is also a member of Círculo de Poetas & Writers.
Carla's work can be found in Qu, Fourteen Hills, beestung—, Black Fox Literary Magazine, The Closed Eye Open, and Sinister Wisdom. Their poems are also in the anthologies Colossus: Body, When There Are Nine, dedicated to the life of RBG, and When We Are Seeds, Querencia Press.
Winning Entry: Daily Life in Gaza
Contest Won: Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest 2024, Honorable Mention, Tom Howard
