Chryss Yost is a poet, designer, and editor based in Santa Barbara, California. A Santa Barbara Poet Laureate (2013-15), she is the co-editor of Gunpowder Press, an independent poetry publisher and literary 501(c)(3). She is also the publisher of Sungold Editions.
She was awarded the Patricia Dobler Poetry Prize from Carlow University (selected by Patricia Smith) and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
Recent Projects
& Publications
“Ornamented” published by The Night Heron Barks, Spring 2021. Read the poem or listen to Chryss read it here.
Read about the While You Wait project in The Santa Barbara Independent (May 6, 2021).
