Kayleigh Jayshree is a poet, short story writer and occasional critic.

She has been a part of the Roundhouse Collective, the MMU Poetry Library Critics Collective and the Apples & Snakes Writing Room. Her poems have appeared in Propel, Ink Sweat & Tears, Butcher’s Dog, fourteen poems, Isele Magazine, Cardiff Review and others.

Her poem ‘Anniversary-Dream’ was one of three winning poems in the Young Poets Network Collage Challenge and was a top five most read poem on their site for the year. Her poem ‘The Moth Poem’ was commended in the Young Poets Network When a Friend Calls Challenge. She was shortlisted for the 2024 Creative Futures Award. Her reviews have been published with PN Review, Poetry Book Society and the North.

In 2024 she was invited to perform at Glastonbury Festival in their Poetry & Words tent.

Kayleigh has a First in BA English Literature from the University of Manchester and a Distinction in MA Creative Writing from Nottingham Trent University.

She worked as an intern for Ink Sweat & Tears in 2023 and 2024, publishing a variety of poetry, including an Ancient Greek and Roman Feature, a Short Poems Feature, an LGBTQ+ Feature and two of her own reviews.

Her debut poetry pamphlet mango & starblush is available to buy online or in some queer bookshops in the UK and internationally. Kayleigh works in publishing in London. She is a Squad Buddy for new Squad members.