Lindsay Young (she/they) is a first generation Jamaican-American poet from New York, based in Southern California. She competed at the 2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam and represented the city of New York as a member of The Nuyorican Poets Cafe's 2018 National Poetry Slam team, where she was crowned a 2018 NUPIC (National Underground Poetry Individual Competition) Co-Champion. She was a member of the 2019 Brooklyn Slam team and is the author of Salt to Taste, her debut book of poetry published in the Summer of 2019. They are a Winter Tangerine alumnus, a 2020 Watering Hole fellow, and a two time 2021 Best of the Net nominee. Their work has been published in The Offing Magazine, The Amistad, The Hellebore, and elsewhere. Their manuscript titled In Your Absence, was long-listed for Button Poetry’s 2020 Chapbook contest, and was the winner of the 3rd Annual Backbone Press Chapbook Competition in 2021. Young currently works as a California based psychotherapist after graduating with her MSW from Columbia University, and continues to forge into new creative mediums.