Orlantae Duncan (he/they) is a queer writer living in Richmond, Virginia. He is a graduate of the University of Mary Washington where he received a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. His work often explores intersections of race, religion, mental health, and cultural mythology/narratives. He has previously served on the editorial staff of The Rappahannock Review as Editor-in-Chief, and Passengers Journal as a Fiction Reader and Assistant Editor. He was a finalist for the Black Warrior Review 2025 Poetry Prize and the Yalobusha Review 2022 Yellowwood Poetry Prize. His debut poetry chapbook, Brown Boys Speak in Tongues, was a selected winner of The Hunger Journal 2022 Tiny Fork Chapbook Series Contest and his second chapbook, The Secret Lives of Evangelists, will be published with Fifth Wheel Press in 2027. His poetry and prose has appeared in Homology Lit, Lunch Ticket, Cartridge Lit, Passengers Journal, Wig-Wag, and elsewhere.