Lydia Gates is a queer autistic performance poet and novelist who lives Flagstaff, Arizona with her wife Lucy and their three adorable feline monster children.

She is the managing organizer of FlagSlam, a poetry slam in Northern Arizona that was established in 2000.

Her poetry collections, I Was an Empire (2017), She Dreams the Moon (2018), and Changeling (2021) are available on Amazon.

Lydia also writes as Kirke Vincent.

© Lydia Gates 2021. All rights reserved.

Cover of Changeling by Lydia Gates
Cover of She Dreams the Moon by Lydia Gates
Cover of I Was an Empire by Lydia Gates

© Lydia Gates 2021. All rights reserved.

Photo of Lydia Gates in a black shirt and shorts reading poetry from her cell phone at Juniper House Readings
Photo of Lydia Gates in a tutu speaking into a microphone

April 2017: Featured by Juniper House Readings

August 2017: National Poetry Slam - representing Sedona, AZ

January 2018:
Rock Slam, Nyack, NY - winner
All Arizona Poetry Slam - competitor representing Flagstaff, AZ

March 2018:
Flagstaff Femme Fest - contributor
Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival - contributor

July 2018: Featured at Juniper House Readings

August 2018: National Poetry Slam - representing Flagstaff, AZ

September 2018: Spit Love at Moab Pride - competitor

January 2019: All-Arizona Poetry Slam - competitor

March 2019:
Juniper House Readings - workshop leader
Flagstaff Femme Fest - contributor

May 2019: FlagSlam Grand Slam - runner up

August 2019: Southwest Shootout - team and individual competitor

September 2019: Spit Love at Moab Pride - competitor

January 2020: All Arizona Poetry Slam - competitor

June 2020: 2nd Annual Slamming Bricks - competitor

March 2021: All Arizona Poetry Slam - competitor

September 2021: 3rd Annual Slamming Bricks - champion

October 2021: Featured by Discover Flagstaff

© Lydia Gates 2021. All rights reserved.