Annie Marhefka is a writer in Baltimore, Maryland whose publications have appeared in Pithead Chapel, Whale Road Review, Lunch Ticket and more. She is the winner of the 2024 Eunice Williams Nonfiction Prize and her work was featured on The Slowdown Show. Annie is the Executive Director at Yellow Arrow Publishing, a Baltimore-based nonprofit empowering women-identifying writers. Annie is working on a nonfiction manuscript about grief and astrophysics with support from the Maryland State Arts Council, Gullkistan Center for the Arts, and the Tin House 2024 Winter Workshop. She has a BA in creative writing from Washington College and an MBA, and is an MFA candidate at the University of Baltimore. Follow Annie on Instagram @anniemarhefka, X @charmcityannie, and at anniemarhefka.com. When Annie is not writing, she is usually trying to find her way back to the water.