Liza Sparks M.A.Ed. (she/her) is an intersectional feminist, writer, poet, and creative. Her work is informed by her intersecting identities as a brown-multiracial-neurodivergent-pansexual-woman. Liza lives, works, and writes in Colorado.
Liza holds a BA in poetry from Colorado College and was awarded the El Pomar Scholarship for Leadership and Civic Engagement. Liza also holds an MA in Community Education from Goddard College.
Liza was a finalist for Roxane Gay’s Audacious Book Club Short Story Contest and Essay Contest in 2024. She was nominated for two Pushcart Prizes and a Best of the Net in 2022. Liza was a finalist for Denver Lighthouse Writers Workshop Emerging Writer Fellowship in Poetry in 2020 and 2019; and was a semifinalist for Button Poetry’s Chapbook Contest in 2018. You can find her on Instagram @sparksliza534 or Bluesky @lsparks.bsky.social
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