(Ni)Cole Bernadette Birkett (she/they) is a hobby-farmer from West Michigan, editor-in-chief of Making Waves: A West Michigan Review, and instructor of creative writing for the National Writers Series’ Raising Writers workshops. Her writing explores the intersectionality of rural life, labor, class and gender.

‘Cole’s work appears in Transformational: Stories of Northern Michigan Arts and Culture, Peninsula Poets, and Variety Pack. She was awarded the Fall 2025 Traveling Trophy by the Poetry Society of Michigan.