Emily Ransdell’s work has appeared in Poetry Northwest, Poet Lore, Tar River Poetry, River Styx and elsewhere. A past finalist for the Rattle Poetry Prize, Miller New Letters Prize for Poetry, and the Janet B. McCabe Award from Ruminate Magazine, she is the 2019 runner-up for the Prime Number Poetry Prize from Press 53, as well as the New Letters Poetry Prize. Emily holds an MFA from Pacific University.  She lives in Camas, Washington.