Shea Burchill (she/they) is a writer and divorce lawyer who lives on the Front Range of Colorado with her husband and three dogs. She has two adult daughters.
Shea’s essay “Secret Passage” was the 2025 Fourth Genre Michael Steinberg Memorial Essay Contest Winner. “Broncos Nation” was a finalist for both the 2025 Missouri Review Jeffrey E. Smith Editor’s Prize in Nonfiction and the 2025 Reed Magazine Gabriele Rico Challenge for Nonfiction. “Empty Nest” has been nominated for the 2026 Best of the Net Anthology. Her writing has also appeared in Under the Sun and Marrow Magazine.
