Poet
Victoria Lynne McCoy is the author of the poetry collection, Wet Reckless, forthcoming from independent feminist press, Riot in Your Throat, in Fall 2026. She holds an MFA in Writing with a Poetry Concentration from Sarah Lawrence College, and a BA in The Power of Words: Creative Expression as a Catalyst for Change from the University of Redlands’ Johnston Center for Integrative Studies. Her work has appeared in Best New Poets, Blackbird, The Collagist, The Boiler, and The Paris-American, among others. You can find her in Pasadena, CA.
Victoria has previously served as Publicist for Four Way Books, Co-Director of the 2010 Sarah Lawrence Poetry Festival, a Work Fellow at the Frost Place Conference on Poetry, Grants Panelist for the Brooklyn Arts Council, and attended the Open Mouth Poetry Retreat. She also co-edited the Sh!t Men Say to Me anthology, published by Moon Tide Press.
Recognition
Best New Poets 2012, selected by Matthew Dickman
Finalist, Mudfish Poetry Prize
Finalist, Perugia Press Prize
Finalist, St. Lawrence Book Award – Poetry
Semi-Finalist, Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize
Finalist, Yes Yes Book Open Reading Period
Semi-Finalist, Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award
Semi-Finalist, 2020 Discovery Prize
Semi-Finalist, Pamet River Prize
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