Shay Alexi (Diary of a Ghost Girl) is a radically tender poet and performance artist based out of Atlanta. She tells stories in an effort to cultivate joy, dismantle patriarchy, and throw a really great party. Shay was the recipient of the 2017 Elizabeth Jenkins Poetry Prize and the winner of the 2017 Java Monkey Slam championship. She has represented Atlanta in the National Poetry Slam and the Individual World Poetry Slam. Her work has been featured by riverSedge Literary Journal, Beecher's Magazine, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Button Poetry, and Write About Now.