Nicholas Goodly is a writer and artist living in Atlanta.
They are the writing editor of Wussy Magazine, a Cave Canem fellow,
author of the Georgia Writer's Association guest blog Free Verse,
and team member of the performing arts platform Fly on a Wall.
Nicholas is a finalist for the 2020 Jake Adam York Prize,
the runner-up for the 2019 Cave Canem Poetry Prize
and recipient of the 2017 Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship.
Nicholas received a teaching fellowship and MFA from Columbia University,
is a Spring 2020 Hambidge Creative Residency Distinguished Fellow,
was a finalist in Tupelo Press' Four Quartets 2020: Poetry in the Pandemic,
received second place prize for the 2018 New South Poetry Contest,
was a semi-finalist in the 2018 Discovery/ Boston Review Contest,
finalist in the 2017 Tennessee Williams Poetry Contest,
and finalist in the 2016 Academy of American Poets Prize.
They are a Best of the Net 2020 Nominee
and Critic's Choice for Best Poet 2018 in Creative Loafing Atlanta.