Amelia Cotter

Amelia Cotter (she/her) is a storyteller and award-winning poet. Her books include apparitions (Highland Park Poetry Press, 2022), and her poetry has appeared in Acorn, Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Black Bough Poetry, cattails, Chrysanthemum, and many other journals. In 2023, apparitions was shortlisted for the Haiku Foundation’s 2022 Touchstone Awards for Distinguished Books and nominated for the 2023 Eric Hoffer Book Award. Cotter lives and writes in Chicago and is originally from Maryland, where she earned a degree in German and history from Hood College. She regularly presents at conferences and events and is a member of the Society of Midland Authors.