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Jie Venus Cohen [1]

Listed as:

Poet

Email:

jievenuscohen@gmail.com

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.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Twitter/X:

jiecohen

Website:

https://www.jievenuscohen.com [2]

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

Identifies as:

Asian American

Chinese

Jewish

LGBTQ

Mixed-Race

White

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Any

Homelessness

LGBTQ

Schools

Teachers