Allie Rigby

Poet

Tustin, CA
California US

Author's Bio

Allie Rigby has roots in the chaparral and deserts of California. She is the author of Moonscape for a Child (Bored Wolves, 2024), and the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to Romania. Her poetry appears in Living on Earth Radio, Equatorial Literary Magazine, Parentheses Journal, Manzano Mountain Review, and more.

Additional honors include a William Dickey Fellowship, contribution to Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, a Pushcart Prize nomination, and a Best of the Net nomination. She has a master’s degree in English: Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, and has taught creative writing for Ovidius University, Point Reyes Institute, The Loft Literary Center, and the US–Romanian Embassy. She’s currently an editor for The SEEfest Review.

Publications & Prizes

Book:
Moonscape for a Child (Bored Wolves, 2024)
Journals: ,
Manzano Mountain Review
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Postscript Magazine
Prizes won: 

Fulbright Fellowship from Fulbright US–Romania, William Dickey Fellowship from San Francisco State University

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Megan Fernandez, Ross Gay, Vievee Francis, Dubravka Ugresic, Gabrielle Bates, Chris La Tray, Susan Sontag, Victoria Chang, and Sherwin Bitsui.
What I'm reading now: 
I Do Everything I'm Told by Megan Fernandez, Modern Poetry by Diane Suess

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Tustin, CA
California
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Last update: Sep 12, 2024