Bethany jarmul

Meet Bethany

Bethany Jarmul is an Appalachian writer, poet, writing coach, and workshop instructor. She’s the author of a poetry collection, Lightning Is a Mother, a memoir, Take Me Home and a prose poem chapbook, This Strange and Wonderful Existence. Her work has been published in more than 100 literary magazines including Rattle, Brevity, Salamander, ONLY POEMS, and Chestnut Review. Her writing was selected for Best Spiritual Literature 2023 and Best Small Fictions 2024, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and The Best of the Net. She’s a two-time winner of the WOW! Women on Writing quarterly essay contest and recipient of a creative entrepreneurship grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Connect with her on social media: @BethanyJarmul.