M. A. Dubbs

M. A. Dubbs is an award-winning Mexican American and LGBT+ writer who hails from Indiana. Dubbs writes poetry, literary fiction, and mixed media. For more than a decade her writing has been published in literary magazines and anthologies across the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Austria, Australia and Nigeria.

She published her first collection of her poetry and short fiction, Aerodynamic Drag: Poetry and Short Fiction, in 2021 and released her chapbook An American Mujer (Bottlecap Press) in 2022. Her third book, Limestone Versified: Indiana Haiku and Other Poems was released in 2024.

Her poem "The Conquest of Hoarding" earned a Pushcart Nomination from Oyster River Pages in 2022. Her poem "The Quiets of Parenting" won the 2023 Holden Vaughn Spangler Award from RCC Muse. Her poem “Indiana Night” won first place in the 2012 Melba Geoffroy Poetry Contest and her poem “Slash-and-Burn won “Best of Poetry” award in the 2014 edition of Genesis. Her poem "A Bi Awakening in a Red State" was long-listed for the 2022 Spectrum Poetry Competition and her poem "Here's to You Spanglish Kids" was shortlisted in the 2023 Kinship Poetry Competition with Renard Press. Her poem "Poetic Paramour" won 2nd place in the 44th annual PSI Love of Poetry Prize. Her poem "A Forager's Haiku in Season's" won 3rd place in the 44th annual PSI Membership Award.

Her poetry has been archived in Indiana's Poetry Archive (INverse) and she served as judge for the 2022 Poetry Out Loud's state competition. Dubbs has performed in several live and virtual readings including being a featured author for both Poets Laureate of Lawrence and Poetry on Brick Street. She also performed at the 2021 Grand Opening of Fort Ben’s Culture Campus and the 2023 Grand Opening of Fort Ben's Library. Dubbs also provides free local workshops and resources to writers new to the writing scene.