Harrison Hamm

Poet

Los Angeles, CA
California US
Website: 
harrisonhamm.com

Author's Bio

Harrison Hamm is a poet, screenwriter, and essayist from Bolivar, Tennessee. His writing can be found published/forthcoming in POETRY, The Missouri Review, The Poetry Reivew,Verse Daily, Sugar House Review, DIAGRAM, Foglifter, and elsewhere. A Loyola Marymount University alum with dual BAs in Screenwriting and Women's & Gender Studies, Harrison will graduate with an MFA in Creative Writing at New York University as Goldwater Writing Workshop Fellow in 2027.

Education: 
New York University MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Delicate Machinery: Poems for Survival and Healing (Sundress Publications, 2025)
,
Poetry Goes to the Movies (Beyond Baroque Books, 2025)
Journals:
About Place Journal
,
Antler Velvet
,
Beyond Queer Words
,
Bicoastal Review
,
Diagram
,
Fatal Flaw
,
Foglifter
,
Half Mystic
,
Missouri Review
,
Orange Blossom Review
,
Poetry Magazine
,
Poetry Review
,
Red Ogre Review
,
Rising Phoenix Review
,
Screen Door Review
,
Stone of Madness
,
Sugar House Review
,
Susurrus
,
Verse Daily
Prizes won: 

2025 Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship, selected by C. Dale Young; 

2025 Snowbound Chapbook Award, Seminalist (Tupelo Press); 

2025 Djanikian & Veasna So Scholars, Semifinalist (The Adroit Journal); 

2024 GLAAD List x The Black List, Official Selection; 

2023 New York Stage and Film, Filmmakers' Workshop Fellowship and Residency; 

2022 Diverso Screenwriting Fellowship; 

2022 Roadmap Writers Diversity Iniative Winner

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Asian American, Biracial, Filipino, Filipino American, LGBTQ, Queer, Southern
Raised in: 
Bolivar, TN
Tennessee
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Last update: Jun 23, 2025