Colleen Farrelly

Poet

Author's Bio

Colleen M. Farrelly is a mathematician and hybrid writer focused on haikai forms and their extensions. Her haibun and other haikai hybrids can be found in Rattle, MacQueen's Quinterly, Contemporary Haibun Online, Haibun Today, Presence, Open: Journal of Arts & Letters, hedgerow, #FemkuMagazine, Failed Haiku, The Haibun Journal, scifaikuest, and many others over the last few years.

Her work has been anthologized in haikai volumes (including The Mainichi Shimbun, Contemporary Haibun, Red Moon Press anthologies, and multiple science fiction anthologies). She's a 2025-2026 confluence fellow in haibun, a multiple Touchstone nominee, a Dwarf Star finalist, and a scholar in the haibun form.

Publications & Prizes

Journals:
Contemporary Haibun Online
,
Haibun Today
,
MacQueen's Quinterly
,
Rattle

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Poets: John Donne, Wilfred Owen, Robert Frost, Kat Lehmann, Lew Watts, Rich Youmans, Bryan Rickert, Terri French Other writers: Victor Hugo, James Baldwin, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
What I'm reading now: 
Journey to the Interior: American Versions of Haibun by Bruce Ross, 2025 Pushcart Prize XLIX: Best of the Small Presses by Bill Henderson

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
No
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Born in: 
Sheboygan, WI
Wisconsin
Raised in: 
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Last update: Oct 30, 2025