Mckendy Fils-Aimé is a New England based Haitian-American poet, organizer, and teaching artist. He has received fellowships from Callaloo, Cave Canem, The Watering Hole, and Periplus. Over the span of nearly two decades, Mckendy has represented New England in several regional and national poetry slams, performing on numerous semi-final and final stages. Most recently, he received awards for best performance at the 2023 and 2024 NorthBeast Regional Poetry Slams and the 2025 Midwest Poetry Mash-Up. Mckendy’s work has been featured or is forthcoming in Best New Poets, Adroit, Muzzle, American Literary Review, the Academy of American Poets, and elsewhere. His debut poetry collection, sipèstisyon, will be published by YesYes Books in 2026.