Alyson Shelton

Alyson Shelton is an award winning screenwriter and essayist. Her writing is widely published at outlets including The New York Times, Ms. and The Rumpus. She’s deeply proud of her collaborations with other female creatives, most notably, the comic, Reburn and the film, To Hold The Night. She’s anthologized in collections including Comics Lit Vol. 1 (Accomplishing Innovation Press), Broken Free: Writers on Estrangement (Catapult 2026) and The Loss of a Lifetime: Grieving Siblings on Love, Loss and Hope (Contributor and Co-Editor). She’s best known for her Instagram Live series inspired by George Ella Lyon’s poem, Where I’m From where she’s hosted close to 200 writers. The poem also provides the spine for her forthcoming memoir.

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