Shams Alkamil is a Sudanese-American poet, educator, and copywriter based in Texas. Her writing is shaped by Sudanese heritage and focuses on themes of Black identity, spirituality, lineage, and political commentary. Shams began writing as a means of self-expression to now being a three-time Pushcart Prize nominee.
Shams’ work has appeared in Rowayat, Mizna, Four Way Review, Ghost City Press, Qafiyah Review, The Ana, Torch Literary Arts, and more. In 2025, she was shortlisted as a finalist for Sundress Publications’ Light Bill Incubator Microgrant.
Her third poetry collection, I Who Have Always Felt Words (Central Avenue Books, 2027) is forthcoming.
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