Sage Short is a writer and poet based in Myrtle Beach, SC. She is a senior at Coastal Carolina University, studying English, creative writing, and gender studies. She is published in and serves as an assistant editor for Tempo, and has also been published in Archarios. She was a finalist for the Not a Cult Stories Award for Poetry 2020. In her free time, she listens to Florence and the Machine and lays in the grass.