Chapman, Ty: - Ty Chapman is a published children's author and finalist for Tin House's 2022 Fall Residency, Button Poetry's 2020 Chapbook Contest, and Frontier Magazine's New Voices Contest. He is a current MFA candidate in creative writing for children and young adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts and was named a Loft Literary Center Mirrors & Windows and Mentor Series fellow. His debut poetry collection, Tartarus (Button Poetry), is forthcoming February 2024.