Instructor

Carrie Aberle (Carrie Beyer) is a poet and essayist whose writing has appeared in literary journals and anthologies, including Prairie Schooner, Image, Iron Horse Literary Review (as a NaPoMo finalist), Figure 1, Cream City Review, Boulevard, and others. Her unpublished poetry collection Prophet Mother was a finalist for the Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize. She received her MFA from Pacific University and was a 2022 fellow in the Jack Straw Writers Program. Carrie has been a teaching assistant of creative writing at Seattle University and holds a post-MFA certificate in teaching creative writing from Antioch University Los Angeles. She is currently writing a memoir about growing up in a religious sect in rural Kansas. Carrie has lived with her family on Bainbridge Island for 10 years. You can find her online at carrieaberle.com and on Instagram @carrie.aberle.