Michael C. Peterson holds degrees from Stanford University and UVA, and completed his MFA in poetry at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. He is currently completing his PhD as the Elliston Fellow in Poetry at the University of Cincinnati. His work is most recently forthcoming in journals such as Memorious, Blackbird, The Southern Review and elsewhere. He is the recipient of awards and fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.

American Letters & Commentary, American Literary Review, Barrow Street, Bat City Review, Blackbird, Cutbank, Fence, Grist, Gulf Coast, Hayden's Ferry Review, Kenyon Review, Laurel Review, Mead: The Magazine of Literature & Libations, Memorious, Michigan Quarterly Review, New American Writing, The Cincinnati Review, The Collagist, The Southern Review