Rachael Ikins is a multiple Pushcart nominee, & 2018 Independent Book Award winner. She is a 2019 finalist and semi-finalist in the William Faulkner/William Wisdom Writing Competition. 2019 semi-finalist in NLAPW's Vinnie Ream competition. Ikins' prize-winning artwork/illustrations are on book covers worldwide. Some publications that include her works include Dragon Poet Review, Page & Spine, The Pen Woman Magazine, Fevers of the Mind Poetry, Weird & Wonderful, Gone Dogs, Planet in Peril, Dark Marrow, Pink Plastic House, Ghost City Review, Encore Magazine, Indigo Dreams Online, We Will Not Be Silenced, The Whisper and the Roar, The Brave and Reckless, Cider House Press, S/tick, A Slant of Light, Spontaneity, Pangolin Review, Rhythm and Bones, The Healing Muse, Absolute, Smitten, The Brave, The Muddy River Review, Broadkill Review, Canadice Press: Owl Light, Turning Points, and many more.-Associate Editor at Clare Songbirds Publishing House.-Fellowships: Colgate Writers Conferences poetry and young adult literature.-Finishing Line Press honorarium Lismore Castle, Ireland.-Poets & Writers grant 2021 for poetry-6 chapbooks, full-length collection, fantasy & memoir. Rachael lives in a tiny woods with her animal family. They often walk near a small lake. She loves to ride her bike and to garden