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, Berlin Lit, Ink Sweat & Tears, Butcher’s Dog, fourteen poems, Young Poets Network, and others. Her reviews have been published with PN Review, Poetry Book Society and the North.

‘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 2024. 'The Moth Poem’ was commended in the Young Poets Network 'When a Friend Calls' Challenge. She was shortlisted for the 2024 Creative Futures Award.

In 2024 she was invited to perform at Glastonbury Festival in their Poetry & Words tent. She has also read work at Hay Festival, BBC Contains Strong Language, and Bard Books London's Testing Ground as their Spotlight feature.

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 is based in London where she works in publishing. She is a Squad Buddy for new Squad members and runs the Writing Squad's Short Cuts Short Story Club.