Yucheng Tao is a Chinese poet and fiction writer based in Los Angeles, currently pursuing a B.A. in Songwriting at the Musicians Institute. He began writing poetry and fiction in 2024, and his work has since appeared in Wild Court (King’s College London), Red Ogre Review (UK), The Lake (UK), NonBinary Review, Apocalypse Confidential, The Rush Magazine (Mount Saint Mary’s University), The Arcanist, Cathexis Northwest Press, and over fifty other literary magazines. He was a Top 6 finalist for the Native Voice Award by Kinsman Quarterly . His debut chapbook was published by Alien Buddha Press, followed by his second from Bottlecap Press.