Nathaniel Bek is a writer and artist from Northeast Wisconsin. He was selected editor’s choice for poetry in Phoenix Magazine and was a semi-finalist for Eber & Wien. Their poems can also be found in Narrative Northeast, and The Purposeful Mayo. He has competed nationally for Spoken Word at the National Poetry Slam and Individual World Poetry Slam. He organized, and hosted “Get Lit,” a literary series that was nominated Best of Orlando, FL. He is the recipient of the 2020 3 Mile Harbor Press Poetry Book Award for his collection, Atrophy of the Boy Who Became a Wishing Well (June, 2021). You can find him curating the wind online at NCBEK POETRY.