Caitlin Cowan is the author of Happy Everything (Cornerstone Press, 2024). Her poetry, fiction, and nonfiction have appeared in Best New Poets, The Rumpus, New Ohio Review, Pleiades, Missouri Review, Southeast Review, Denver Quarterly, SmokeLong Quarterly, The Account, and elsewhere. Ilya Kaminsky selected her poem “Flight Plan” for the Ron McFarland Prize for Poetry. Her work has received support from the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and the Vermont Studio Center.

Cowan holds a PhD in English from the University of North Texas, an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School, and a dual BA in English and Creative Writing from the University of Michigan. She has taught writing at University of North Texas, Texas Woman’s University, Interlochen Center for the Arts, and virtually for Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. She works in arts nonprofit administration for Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, where she serves as director of international programs and as chair of creative writing.