christian butterfield
Christian Butterfield is a 19 year old writer from Bowling Green, Kentucky. In 2019, he served as the National Student Poet of the Southeast, and his work has since been published by Kenyon Review, North American Review, and the YoungArts Foundation. He edits for EX/POST Magazine and competes on the WKU Forensics team. He hopes you have a wonderful day :)
selected publications
Blue Whale Challenge - Kenyon Review - 11/21 (runner-up in the 2021 Kenyon Review Short Nonfiction Contest judged by Roxane Gay)
Industrial Complex - North American Review - 10/21 (print-only)
LOOTBOX - COUNTERCLOCK Review - 8/21
Deathmatch: How Dystopian Lit Shaped A Generation - Farside Review - 8/21
sylvia rivera humbly requests that the official record show that yes, she did in fact throw the first brick - YoungArts 2021 Anthology - 6/21
In Defense Of Electra Heart - Farside Review - 5/21
Sore Loser - Farside Review - 5/21
lullaby - Lumiere Review - 4/21 (finalist in the Lumiere Review 2021 Writing Contest judged by Yanyi and Cathy Linh Che)
straight men and other horror stories - NSPP Poetry & Protest Chapbook - 1/20 (print-only)
Dear Kurt Hummel, I Hate You - Best Teen Writing of 2019 - 6/19 (print-only)