Karis Williamson (she/her) is a twenty-five year old poet and scriptwriter from Inverness. She’d like her work to fill the silence that seeps through the space when people are faced with her difference; difference is a universal language and she wants her work to channel that. Karis has a background in Creative Writing and the Classics and has previously participated in arts projects with National Theatre Scotland and Birds of Paradise Theatre. She has had her poetry published in the poetry anthology Notes In Blue (2021), had her pamphlet Iamborn longlisted for the Disabled Poets Prize 2022, was longlisted for the Live Canon International Poetry Competition 2023 and consequently published in their anthology, and is currently longlisted for the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award 2024. Contact Karis at kariswilliamson(at)hotmail(dot)co(dot)uk.