Britt Tisdale is a licensed psychotherapist (LMHC) with an MFA in fiction from Seattle Pacific University. Her writing has appeared in or been awarded by Salon, Pleiades, storySouth, The VIDA Review, Bellingham Review, Sonora Review, and Ruminate among others. She has received recognition from Tin House Summer Workshop, Northern California Writers’ Retreat, Lighthouse Writers Workshop, and the Royal Palm Literary Award. She is a fellow of Hambidge Center, Wedgwood Circle, and Buinho Creative Hub (Portugal).

Passionate about exploring the creative process and teaching proven wellness practices to artists and writers, Britt presented the panel “How Not to Lose Heart: Sustaining Mental Health in the Writing Life” at the 2024 AWP Conference & Bookfair. She will also teach an online “How Not to Lose Heart” course in April 2025 for Poets & Writers. Britt has previously taught for Abroad Writers Conference (Dublin) and Rollins College.

She lives with her second-chance husband Bill in Florida and New York City, where she’s (always) at work on a novel.

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