Jeremy Teddy Karn

Poet

Iowa City, IA
Iowa US
Email: 
jkarn209@gmail.com
Website: 
jeremyteddykarn.com
Twitter/X: 
@iamjeremykarn

Author's Bio

Jeremy Teddy Karn was born in Monrovia, Liberia. He earned his MFA in poetry at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where he received Fellowships supporting his work. He is the recipient of the John C. Shupe Award in Poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. His chapbook, Miryam Magdalit, was selected by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani for inclusion in the New-Generation African Poets' Chapbook Boxset (APBF), 2021. He received the Stanley Awards International Fellowship (2024) at the University of Iowa. He is a 2024 Finalist for the Two Sylvias Press Chapbook Prize. His work has appeared and is forthcoming in several magazines and journals.  He is the co-founder of Pepper Coast Mag.

Education: 
University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop MFA

Publications & Prizes

Prizes won: 

  • The John C. Shupe Award in Poetry

    Iowa Writers’ Workshop, 2025

  • Finalist

    Two Sylvias Press Chapbook Prize, 2024

  • Stanley Awards Fellow for International Research 

    The University of Iowa, 2024

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Chris Abani, Romeo Oriogun, Charles Wright, Jane Mead, Elizabeth Willis, Jane Hirshfield, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Yusef Komunyakaa, Jessica Laser and others.
What I'm reading now: 
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Black
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Monrovia, MS
Liberia
Montserrado
Raised in: 
Monrovia, MS
Liberia
Montserrado
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Last update: May 21, 2025