Maya Williams (ey/they/she) is a religious Black multiracial nonbinary suicide survivor who served as Portland, Maine's seventh poet laureate for a 2021-2024 term. Maya's poetry has been longlisted for Omnidawn's 2025 Poetry Open Book Contest. Maya's published full-length poetry collections have been nominated for a Maine Literary Award and a New England Book Award. Maya's published chapbooks have won contests by Garden Party Collective and The Headlight Review. Ey will have eir full length collection Feminine Morbidity published by Fifth Wheel Press in 2028. Follow more of their work at mayawilliamspoet.com