Christopher Blackman won the Dryden-Vreeland Prize from Gunpowder Press for his book Three-Day Weekend (2024) He is from Columbus, Ohio. His poems have appeared in The Kenyon Review, DIAGRAM, Cleaver Magazine, Southeast Review, Booth, and Epiphany, among other publications. Former co-host of the podcast Poem Party, he received his MFA from Columbia University, and has been an instructor for the Kenyon Review Young Writers’ Workshop. He was a finalist for the National Poetry Series, and a semi-finalist for the Autumn House Press Poetry Prize. He currently lives outside of Boston.