Alison Palmer

ALISON PALMER is the author of the full-length poetry collection, Bargaining with the Fall (Broadstone Books, 2023), the poetry chapbook, Everything Is Normal Here (Broadstone Books, 2022), and the poetry chapbook, The Need for Hiding (Dancing Girl Press, 2018). Her second full-length poetry collection, Early Days of Mechanical Hearts, was named a finalist for The Word Works 2022 Hilary Tham Capital Collection-Invitational and was a semi-finalist for their Washington Prize. Alison was chosen for a 2022 Independent Artist Award (IAA) grant by the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC).

Alison received her MFA in Poetry from Washington University in St. Louis, and she was awarded the Emma Howell Memorial Poetry Prize from Oberlin College where she graduated with a BA in Creative Writing. She also studied Poetry through Syracuse University in Florence, Italy. Currently, Alison writes outside Washington, DC.