Audra Burwell is a creative writing major at California State University Fresno enrolled in the Master of Fine Arts degree with a specialization in poetry. Entropia is her first full-length published work, a dystopian fantasy, multimedia collaboration featuring a fashion line designed by Fastened By Lyn and photography provided by Raven & Crow. It can be purchased online at Blurb.com. Her work has also been published by New Note Poetry, Palaver Journal, Flora Fiction, Deep Overstock, Dream Noir, Carcinogenic Poetry, Snapdragon Journal, Sand Hills Magazine, Serpentine Zine Literary Magazine, CWAA, HAIS, San Joaquin Literary Review, Superpresent Magazine, and many others, as well as appearing on the Do Fiction Podcast. Her ekphrastic poem, Liberation, was featured on display at the Phebe Conley Art Gallery’s Fall 2021 “Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall” art exhibition. Audra is a member of the Fresno State Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society and has also served on the editorial board for the Spring 2022 Young Writers Conference, producer of the Spectrum journal. Audra’s poem “Shunned Oasis” was published and featured on Our California: Poems from Fresno County, a literary advocacy project established by California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick, in partnership with the California Arts Council. Her poems Residing in Your Veins and Concealed Oasis were both selected as finalists in Fresno State’s Art Song Festival Poetry competition where they were performed in front of a live audience. She has attended countless critique workshops and open mic readings in the Fresno community, including Bryan Medina’s monthly Poetry and Pints event. She is currently employed by the Kremen School of Education and Human Development as a Communications Assistant where she designs articles, media advisories, website content, press releases, and flyers that advocate for numerous college programs on campus. Audra has established a freelance business as well, performing contract editing and ghostwriting services.