Hi, I’m Kaighla…

Kaighla Rises is a Pushcart Prize-nominated writer, poet, and seeker. Her fantasy novel Evryn, The Light was chosen for the 2022 Ampersand Award for Prose. Things That Shatter—her memoir about domestic abuse and survival, which she published under the pen name Kaighla Um Dayo—won the 2019 Daybreak Press Award for Best Memoir. Kaighla has also published two poetry collections—Love, Grieve, Repeat and wellspring. Her work has been included in several magazines and anthologies, including Pulse & Echo Literary Magazine. She was the Featured Poet in the 2022 inaugural issue of Hyssop + Laurel Magazine. Kaighla lives with her family in Central Illinois, where she enjoys hiking, painting, and connecting with other local creatives.
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