Katy E. Ellis

Katy E. Ellis grew up under evergreens, alders, and high-voltage powerlines in Renton, Washington. She is the author of three full-length poetry collections: Nature vs. Girl (Fernwood Press), Forty Bouts in the Wilderness (MoonPath Press), first runner-up for the 2024 Sally Albiso Poetry Award, and Home Water, Home Land (Tolsun Books), a novel-length prose poem. Her three chapbooks, include the award-winning Night Watch (Floating Bridge Press), Urban Animal Expeditions (Dancing Girl Press) and Gravity, (Yellow Flag Press) a single poem which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her work has appeared in many literary journals and anthologies including Mid-American Review, Mom Egg Review, SWWIM, Pithead Chapel, Rise Up, MAYDAY Magazine, Burnside Review, and in the Canadian journals PRISM International, Grain, and Fiddlehead. She has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.