Jie Venus Cohen

Poet

Author's Bio

Jie Venus Cohen is a mixed, intersex writer and author of chapbook VENUS LIMBS (Thirty West, 2025) whose work has been recognized in or is forthcoming in DIAGRAM, The Offing, The Minnesota Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Strange Horizons, The Ex-Puritan, POETS.org, and others. Their poem "THE FUTURE" received a Best of the Net award in 2023, their poem "fairy-cherry" was selected as the winner of the 2024 Singapore Unbound Poetry Prize, and they were longlisted for The Disquiet Prize in Poetry in 2025. They currently live and teach in Central Asia.

 

Publications & Prizes

Chapbook:
Venus Limbs (Thirty West Publishing House, 2025)
Journals:
The Puritan
,
Minnesota Review
,
Strange Horizons
Prizes won: 

Longlisted for the DISQUIET Prize in Poetry, 2025

Winner of the 10th Annual Singapore Poetry Award, 2024
Selected by Jeddie Sophronius for Singapore Unbound’s SUSPECT Journal

Recipient of the Best of the Net Award, Sundress Publications, 2023
Selected by Jane Wong, judge for poetry

Recipient of the Millicent Allen Prize for Lyric Poetry, 2022
Chosen by the Mount Holyoke College English Department 

Recipient of the Naomi Kitay Fellowship for a Career in Creative Writing, 2022 & 2023
Chosen by the Mount Holyoke College English Department 

Recipient of the Anne Singer’69 Memorial Prize for Creative Writing, 2021
Chosen by the Mount Holyoke College English Department 

Recipient of the Gertrude Claytor Award for Best Poem 2021, Academy of American Poets

 

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Asian American, Chinese, Jewish, LGBTQ, Mixed-Race, White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, Any, Homelessness, LGBTQ, Schools, Teachers
Fluent in: 
English
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Last update: Apr 19, 2025