Audrey Shipp

Born in Los Angeles, Audrey Shipp is an essayist who came to creative writing as a poet. Her writing has been published in various literary journals including Brittle Paper, Isele Magazine, A Long House, Sapphire Hues, Pure Slush, Another Chicago Magazine, LitroNY, A Gathering Together, and Linden Avenue Literary Journal. Her bilingual and trilingual poetry appeared in Americas Review (Arte-Publico Press) which was formerly published by the University of Houston. She was the 2023 winner of the Barbara Abercrombie Scholarship from the UCLA Extension Writers Program and is currently writing a memoir focusing on writing and (un)writing in Los Angeles. Audrey is founding and managing editor of the literary journal Decolonial Passage. She holds both a B.A. in English and Masters in Education from UCLA, an M.A. in English from Cal State L.A, and a Certificate in Creative Writing from UCLA