Georgia Riordan

Poet

New Jersey US

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Author's Bio

Georgia Riordan (she/they) is a writer and professor who began her love for craft as a child. They hold a BA in writing (magna cum laude) from Ithaca College and an MFA in poetry (distinction) from Villanova University. Georgia has served as chief poetry editor for both Stillwater Magazine (2019-2021) and Rathalla Review (2022- 2024), production manager and art editor for Rathalla Review (2024-2025), and is currently a manuscript reader for New Door Books. She is an English professor based out of the Philadelphia tri-state area. She enjoys the art of academia and dismantling the systemic power structures from within. Aside from writing, teaching, reading, and editing, Georgia is an educational advisor and workshop instructor for disadvantaged students in Camden, NJ.

Writers Retreats:

Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Missing Pieces : Grief (Quillkeepers Press, 2025)

Spring (Poets' Choice Publishing, 2022)

Journals:

Cackling Kettle

Grim & Gilded

Horizon

Passionfruit Review

Pensive: A Global Journal of Spirituality and the Arts

Platform Review

Red Noise Collective

Vermilion Literary Project

Prizes won:

Pushcart Prize Nomination (Red Noise Collective, 2022)

Asbury Park Press Contest Winner (Asbury Park Press, 2016)

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

Carmen Maria Machado Kim Addonizio

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English, Italian

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Last update: Nov 06, 2025