JJ Peña

JJ Peña (pronouns he/they) is obsessed with cats and writes about the big and small griefs we endure. Jj’s lost too many contests to count but has won a few, most notably Creative Capital’s State of the Arts Prize (2026) and 92NY Discovery Poetry Contest (2023). J jj's work has been published widely & anthologized in places like Best Short Fictions, Best Micro-Fictions, & Wigleaf Top 50 Short-Shorts.