Hello and Hey
I’ve been writing poems my entire life, and have always loved poetry. Emily Dickenson is one of my favorite poets. I’m very excited for the marathon.
I’m actually not too worried about getting out 24 poems in 24 hours. The biggest issue for me will be staying awake the full time.
I will be prepared with snacks. I would say coffee, but I don’t like coffee, and I drink uncaffeniated tea. So.
Maybe I can just sleep most of the 24th. We’ll see.
Uhh, I don’t know what all to put here. I’m 25, nonbinary (they/them pronouns please! Or ne/nem, if you want to use neopronouns or have something against singular they), in general queer. I’m Autistic and disabled with chronic pain and fatigue (although no diagnosed issue and I don’t know the source), on top of my mental health issues and, as much as I like it, my autism itself.
I’m a cat parent, too. Cinnamon is my pride and joy.
Man. I am not fond of talking about myself. Nice to meet you?? I’m excited for the marathon.
This year’s Full Marathon Editor Ofuma Agali is a 44 years old writer and editor based in Lagos, Nigeria. His works have appeared in Nigerian publications – Post Express Literary Supplement, The Guardian, The Vanguard, and National Mirror – as well as in publications in other climes – Sentinel Literary Quarterly, Praxis Journal of Gender & Cultural Critiques, The Kalahari Review, and The Purposeful Mayonnaise. In his early years of creative writing, his poem, Sunset at Midnight, received a Special Commendation at the 2001 Poetry Competition of the Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON) Festival. To date, five of his poems have been published in poetry anthologies, including two Poetry Marathon anthologies. He has also written a full-length published collection of poems, If We Are Willing The Earth Will Listen (2017). A revised version of this is ready for publication later this year. He has also written two full-length unpublished collections of short fiction. His current works in progress include a collection of short fiction, a collection of poems, a novella, and a novel. Besides creative writing, he is also a journalist, a marketing communication practitioner, and when he has the time, he likes to assume the work of a healthy living advocate. He holds a first degree in physics from the University of Uyo and a post-graduate diploma in marketing management from the Lagos State University. He is a father of three high-spirited boys, and that often feels like a full-time job.
This year’s Half Marathon Editor Cristy Watson is an award-winning author of eight novels for MG and YA readers. She loves entering writing contests and was thrilled to receive Editor’s Choice in the CV2, 2-Day Poem Contest in 2013. She also regularly participates in the Poetry Marathon in June, and she has a poem in an important and timely new anthology, ‘Worth More Standing’ (Caitlin Press; Christine Lowther, editor). She also volunteers at the Surrey International Writer’s Conference and was recently Committee Chair for Wise Words through the BC Federation of Writers. She completed a manuscript evaluation for an author through The Writers Union of Canada, as well as helping to previously judge their short fiction contest, and in the past few years, she has assisted writers of fiction, non-fiction, memoir and poetry. You can find her here: 
