Anastacia–Renee is an award–winning, multi–genre writer, TEDx Speaker, Deep End Podcast co–host, and interdisciplinary artist. The recipient of the 2020 Arc Artist Fellowship (4Culture), the 2018 James W. Ray Distinguished Artist Award for Washington Artist (Literary), Seattle Civic Poet (2017-2019), and Poet–in–Residence at Hugo House (2015-2017), she has received fellowships and residencies from Cave Canem, Hedgebrook, VONA, Artist Trust, Jack Straw, Ragdale, Mineral School, Hypatia in the Woods, and The New Orleans Writers Residency. Anastacia–Renee's work has been published widely.