Kelsey Werkheiser is a published poet, photographer, and journalist. She is a graduate of Bucknell University, receiving a B.A. in Creative Writing & Sociology with a minor in Visual Arts. She presently works as a freelance news journalist for Lehigh Daily, a book design intern for Holdorf Press, and a studio photographer.
Writing
Poetry
Publications
virginia
Outrageous Fortune, Mary Baldwin University
Issue 11 Poetry Editor’s Prize Recipient
a failed first-aid kit—contents: art and jazz
Mistake House Issue 11, Principia College
reptile l/and?
Mistake House Issue 11, Principia College
decay
American Weirdo Issue 1
Uprooted & Overturned
Bucknell University Senior Thesis, Spring 2025
A collection of poetry and photography centered around the ruins and abandoned spaces of central Pennsylvania, along with the local flora and fauna, exploring not only the physical space but the emotions and realizations that these spaces conjure.
Journalism
Writer Profile – All Published Articles
Lehigh Daily
Staff Profile – All Published Articles
The Bucknellian, Bucknell University’s Weekly Newspaper
Photography
Cleaning Up, Hallway, and Mirrored
Mistake House Issue 10, Principia College
Lasting Frame
Mistake House Issue 11, Principia College
Rocky Mountains, Estes Park, CO Sears
KS Super II 35 mm
2025
KELSEY WERKHEISER 