Jaden Fong is a Chinese-American writer with a sweet tooth and a soft spot for the whimsical and the peculiar. A two time nominee for the Aliki Perroti and Seth Frank Most Promising Young Poet Award, he has won awards in fiction, poetry, and other forms of writing. His writing is often inspired by the natural world and more often examines the precise messiness of human connection. In his free time, he likes to spend time in nature, where he frequently and confidently misidentifies every flower he comes across. Among other places, you can find his work on the Academy of American Poets website at poets.org, miniskirt magazine, The Santa Clara Review, Nightingale & Sparrow, Hearth & Coffin, and The McNeese Review. If you want to find him, check out that old abandoned barn a little outside of town, that diner that serves chocolate peanut butter milkshakes with love, or that sunny spot by the trees where the deer tend to sleep.