B. 1983
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Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Ryler Dustin has represented Seattle on the final stage of the Individual World Poetry Slam and headlined at slam venues across the United States. He has been awarded residencies from the Jack Kerouac Project of Orlando and the Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Residency, and his poems appear in outlets including American Life in Poetry, Verse Daily, Gulf Coast, The Best of Iron Horse, and the Best of Button poetry. He is the author of the chapbook Something Bright (Green Linden Press, 2022).