Bryan Franco is a neurodivergent, gay Jewish poet from Brunswick, Maine, who competed on the Portland, Maine, Rhythmic Cypher slam team in the 2014 National Poetry Slam in Oakland, California, and in the 2014 Individual World Poetry Slam competition in Phoenix, Arizona. He has been published in the US, Australia, Canada, Chile, England, Germany, Holland, India, Ireland, and Scotland. He performed at the New York City Poetry Festival in 2022 and 2023. He was a finalist in the 2022 and won the 2023 NAMI New Jersey Mental Health Poetry Contest and is a two-time Best Of the Net nominee and six-time Pushcart Prize nominee. He has facilitated workshops for Brunswick High School, Tumblewords Project, and Phynnecabulary. He hosts Café Generalissimo Open Mic, is a member of the Beardo Bards of the Bardo poetry troupe, painter, sculptor, gardener, and culinary genius. His book, Everything I Think Is All in My Mind, was published in 2021 by Red or Green Books.