About

Shavahn Dorris-Jefferson is a writer and educator living and teaching in the Chicago suburbs. She received her MA in Writing from DePaul University and her MFA in poetry from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Master’s Review, New Ohio Review, Rattle, Carve Magazine, Salamander, The Baltimore Review, Sugar House Review, and Río Grande Review, among others. She has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best American Essays, and Best New Poets.

Shavahn is the former co-poetry editor of The Maine Review, and she’s received support from Cuttyhunk Writer’s Residency and Vermont Studio Center.

She is available for freelance writing jobs, poetry workshops, speaking gigs, and manuscript editing. Just reach out: spdjeffers@gmail.com