Morgan Eklund’s poetry has appeared in the North American Review, The Louisville Review, ABZ, Whiskey Island and Anima. Previous awards and nominations include Hadley Creative Award from the Louisville Community Foundation and Creative Capital, Sarabande Books’ Flo Gault Poetry Prize, the Emerging Artist Award from the Kentucky Arts Council, finalist for the James Hearst Poetry Prize and a 2017 Pushcart Prize nomination. Morgan is from Kentucky but recently moved to Chicago.