Erin W. Elkins

Poet

Albuquerque, NM

New Mexico US

Website:

www.erinwelkins.com

Author's Bio

Erin W. Elkins is the author of "Bottomland" (Sundress Publications) and "Station of Rain" (Dancing Girl Press), as well as the winner of the Katherine C. Turner Academy of American Poets and Glendon and Kathryn Swarthout Prizes. She is a Best of Net reader and a member of Sundress Publications' Reader Board.

A sixth-generation Hoosier, she grew up in southern Indiana and now lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with her family.

Publications & Prizes

Chapbooks:

Bottomland (Sundress Publications, 2016)

Station of Rain (Dancing Girl Press, 2013)

Prizes won:

Katherine C. Turner Academy of American Poets Prize; Glendon and Kathryn Swarthout Award for Poetry

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Bloomington, IN

Indiana

Raised in:

Bloomington, IN

Indiana

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Last update: Dec 16, 2025