Alison Palmer is the author of the poetry chapbook, The Need for Hiding (Dancing Girl Press, 2018). She earned an MFA in Poetry from Washington University in St. Louis and a B.A. in Creative Writing from Oberlin College, where she was the recipient of the Emma Howell Memorial Poetry Prize. Alison's poems have appeared in FIELD, The Cincinnati Review, River Styx, Columbia Review, Cimarron Review, The Journal, Rogue Agent, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a 2022 Independent Artist Award (IAA) grant from the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC). Alison currently lives and writes outside Washington, D.C.
