About

Erin Malone is the author of Site of Disappearance, a finalist for the National Poetry Series (Ornithopter Press, 2023), Hover (Tebot Bach, 2015), and a chapbook, What Sound Does It Make (Concrete Wolf, 2008). Born in New Mexico and raised in Nebraska and Colorado, she earned an MFA in creative writing from the University of Washington. From 2016-2020 she was Editor of Poetry Northwest, and currently serves as Poetry Editor for the online journal Okay Donkey. She’s taught in community spaces as well as at elementary schools and universities for nearly three decades.

Erin’s honors include the Coniston Prize from Radar Poetry and the Robert Creeley Memorial Prize from Marsh Hawk Press. She has received grants and fellowships from Washington State Artist Trust, 4Culture, Jack Straw, and the Colorado Council on the Arts; and residency support from Kimmel-Harding Nelson Center, The Anderson Center, Ucross, Jentel, and Monson Arts. Her poems have appeared in numerous anthologies and journals such as Epoch, FIELD, New Ohio Review, New Orleans Review, Cimarron, Beloit Poetry Journal, North American Review, and elsewhere.

Erin lives on Bainbridge Island, WA, where she has been appointed Poet Laureate for 2026-27. She is married to novelist Shawn Wong.

Photo credit Rosanne Olson.