M. A. Dubbs

M. A. Dubbs (she/her/her's) is an award-winning Mexican American and LGBT+ writer who hails from Indiana. Dubbs writes poetry, short-fiction, and visual art. Her writing has been published in literary magazines, anthologies, zines across the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. 

She published her first collection of her poetry and short fiction, Aerodynamic Drag: Poetry and Short Fiction, in 2021 and released her chapbook An American Mujer (Bottlecap Press) in 2022. Her poem “Indiana Night” won first place in the 2012 Melba Geoffroy Poetry Contest and her poem “Slash-and-Burn won “Best of Poetry” award in the 2014 edition of Genesis. In 2022 she was nominated for the Pushcart Prize from Oyster River Pages for her poem "The Conquest of Hoarding". Her poem "A Bi Awakening in a Red State" was long-listed for the 2022 Spectrum Poetry Competition. Her poem "Poetic Paramour" won 2nd place in the 44th annual PSI Love of Poetry Prize. Her poem "A Forager's Haiku in Season's" won 3rd place in the 44th annual PSI Membership Award. In 2023 she was awarded the Holden Vaughn Spangler Award from RCC Muse for her poem "The Quiets of Parenting."

Her poetry has been archived in Indiana's Poetry Archive (INverse) and she is serving as judge for the 2022 Poetry Out Loud's state competition. Dubbs has performed in several live and virtual readings including being a featured author for both Poets Laureate of Lawrence and Poetry on Brick Street. She also performed at the 2021 Grand Opening of Fort Ben’s Culture Campus.

Dubbs earned her BA in English at Indiana University Bloomington. She was president and founder of IU’s Creative Writing Club and was an Associate Editor of poetry, non-fiction, and literary fiction for The Scribe, a literary ezine. Dubbs was also an intern for the nationally celebrated Indiana Review.

Dubbs lives with her husband, twin girls, cat, and dog and enjoys hiking, gardening, running, mushroom foraging, video games and watching 90s magical girl anime.