Certified Listener Poet,
Cohort 13 Winter 2026
Jess Skyleson (they/them) is a stage IV cancer survivor and autistic artist-poet whose work encompasses narrative medicine, computational and sound poetry, and collaborative art.
They hold an MFA in Digital + Media from Rhode Island School of Design and an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Winner of the 2022 Hippocrates Poetry and Medicine Prize, the 2025 Data Sonification Awards, and an Excellence Award in Gallery Nat's London Contemporary Art Review, their work has appeared in anthologies and exhibits throughout the US and UK.