Mykyta Ryzhykh is from Ukraine (Nova Kakhovka Citу). He is the winner of the international competition «Art Against Drugs,» bronze medalist of the festival Chestnut House, laureate of the literary competition named after Tyutyunnik, and long listed of awards including Lyceum and Twelve, awards named after Dragomoshchenko. His work has been published in the journals Dzvin, Ring A, Polutona, Rechport, Topos, Articulation, Formaslov, Colon, Literature Factory, Literary Chernihiv, on the portal’s "Literary Center” and Soloneba, in the Ukrainian literary newspaper, and in the almanac Syaivo. He received a scholarship from the President of Ukraine for young artists. His writing has also appeared in Tipton Poetry Journal (2022), Stone Poetry Journal (2022), Divot journal, dyst journal (01.07.2022), Superpresent Magazine, Allegro Poetry Magazine (2022), Alternate Route (07.2022), Better Than Starbucks Poetry & Fiction Journal (07.2022), and Littoral Press (2022).