Vik Shirley  is a poet from Bristol. Her poems have appeared in publications such as Zarf Poetry, Stride Magazine, Hermeneutic Chaos Literary Journal, Ink Sweat and Tears, Shearsman Magazine and the Dostoevsky Wannabe Cities: Bristol pamphlet. A poem of hers was commended in the Verve Poetry Competition 2018 and published in the associated city poems anthology, It all Radiates Outwards. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University.