Crisosto Apache

Crisosto Apache is an Indigenous poet of Mescalero Apache, Chiricahua Apache, and Diné descent, and has an MFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts. They are the author of Ghostword, which won the Publishing Triangle's 2023 Betty Berzon Emerging Writers Award, and of is(ness), both from Gnashing Teeth Publishing. Apache teaches English and creative writing at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design and serves on the board of The Offing. They were named Poet Laureate of Colorado for 2026–2027. Apache lives in Lakewood, Colorado.