Abi Pollokoff
b. 1991
Current City, State, Country
Seattle, Washington, USA
Birth City, State, Country
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
Abi Pollokoff is a Seattle-based writer, editor, and book artist with work found in Palette Poetry, The Seventh Wave, EcoTheo, Denver Quarterly, and Guernica, among others. She is a 2022 Gatewood Prize finalist, a 2021 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize semifinalist, and a 2019 Omnidawn broadside contest finalist. Her work has been supported by the Jack Straw Cultural Center, Hugo House, Seattle Review of Books, and other organizations. Currently, Abi is the managing editor for Poetry Northwest Editions and a production editor at Girl Friday Productions. She received her MFA from the University of Washington.
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Current Title
Production Editor, Girl Friday Productions; Managing Editor, Poetry Northwest Editions
Education
Tulane University: BA, English, French, Italian; minor: Medieval and Early Modern Studies
University of Washington: MFA, Poetry
Languages of Publication(s) and Poets Translated
French, Italian