Ina Cariño

Poet

NC
North Carolina US
Email: 
hello@inacarino.com
Website: 
www.inacarino.com

Author's Bio

Ina Cariño is a Whiting Award winner for poetry. Their work appears in the American Poetry Review, Guernica, Poetry Magazine, the Paris Review Daily, Poetry Northwest, Waxwing, New England Review, and elsewhere. They are the winner of the 2021 Alice James Award for their manuscript Feast, forthcoming from Alice James Books in March 2023. Their forthcoming second collection Reverse Requiem is slated for publication in April of 2026 (Alice James Books).

Education: 
North Carolina State University MFA

Publications & Prizes

Prizes won: 
  • 2025 Lucille Medwick Memorial Award (Poetry Society of America)
  • 2022 George Bogin Memorial Award (Poetry Society of America)
  • 2022 Whiting Award for Poetry
  • 2021 92Y Discovery Poetry Contest
  • 2021 Alice James Award for Feast

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More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Filipino American
Born in: 
Baguio City
Philippines
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Last update: Mar 03, 2026