Caitlin CowanCaitlin Cowan lives on Michigan's west coast with her husband, their young daughter, and two mischievous cats. Her poetry, fiction, and nonfiction have appeared in Best New Poets, The Rumpus, New Ohio Review, Missouri Review, Southeast Review, DenverQuarterly, SmokeLong Quarterly, The Account, and elsewhere. A Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee, Caitlin has won the Littoral Press Poetry Prize, the Mississippi Review Prize, and an Avery Hopwood Award. Ilya Kaminsky also selected her poem, "Flight Plan," to win the Ron McFarland Prize for Poetry. Her work has received support from the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts, the Sewanee Writers' Conference, and the Vermont Studio Center. Caitlin holds degrees from the University of North Texas, The New School, and the University of Michigan. She has taught writing at UNT, Texas Woman's University, and Interlochen Center for the Arts. Caitlin works in arts nonprofit administration for Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, where she serves as Director of International Programs and as Chair of Creative Writing. Caitlin also serves as a Poetry Editor at Pleiades and writes PopPoetry, a weekly poetry and pop culture newsletter. Find her at caitlincowan.com. Read More Read Less
