Victoria Lynne McCoy
Poet | Writer | Editor | Designer
Photo Credit: Jonathan Weiskopf
About Victoria
VICTORIA LYNNE MCCOY holds an MFA in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College and a BA in “The Power of Words: Creative Expression as a Catalyst for Change,” focusing on activism in the arts, from the University of Redlands’ Johnston Center for Integrative Studies. Her work has appeared in Best New Poets, Blackbird, The Boiler Journal, The Collagist, Cultural Weekly, The Offing, PANK, Tinderbox, and Washington Square Review, among others. After serving as Publicist & Assistant Editor for Four Way Books, Victoria left NYC to return to her native Southern California. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles.

Acknowledgments
Finalist, St. Lawrence Book Award 2016
Finalist, St. Lawrence Book Award 2017
Finalist, YesYes Books Open Reading Period
Finalist, Perugia Press
Finalist, MUDFISH Poetry Prize
Semi-Finalist, 92Y Discovery Prize 2020
Semi-Finalist, Pamet River Prize 2019
Semi-Finalist, Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award
Semi-Finalist, Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Award