Jax Connelly
Chicago, IL
Nonfiction
Jax Connelly (they/she) is an award-winning writer whose creative nonfiction explores the intersections of queer identity, unstable bodies, and mental illness. Their essays have received honors including three Notables in the Best American Essays series, Nowhere Magazine’s Fall 2020 Travel Writing Prize, first place in the 2019 Prairie Schooner Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest, and the 2018 Pinch Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction, among others. Her work has also appeared in Fourth Genre, [PANK], The Rumpus, Hunger Mountain, Ruminate, Pleiades, and more.