KT Herr (she/her & they/them) is a queer poet, songwriter, educator, and curious person from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They hold a BA in English Language & Literature from Smith College, where they were awarded the Ruth Forbes Eliot Poetry Prize and the Rosemary Thomas Poetry Prize. While earning their MFA in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College, they received a Jane Cooper Fellowship and the 2019-20 Thomas Lux Award. They are also the grateful recipient of a 2019 Pabst Fellowship to attend the Atlantic Center for the Arts. 

KT’s poems have been selected as finalists in the Frontier OPEN Prize and the Palette Poetry Spotlight Award; as semifinalist for the 92Y Discovery Contest; and as winner of the 2020 Sweet Lit Poetry Contest. Additionally, their writing has appeared in or is forthcoming from SWWIM, Barrow Street 4x2, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, The Rupture, and elsewhere. 

KT has worked as a teaching artist for the Sunnyside Creative Writing Program, a coordinator for the Right-to-Write program, a publishing intern with Black Lawrence Press, and as director of the Sarah Lawrence Poetry Festival. In a past life, KT slung beers and built charcuterie boards. Presently, they spend time as a ghostwriter, community educator, podcast producer, and plant mom. They currently make their home in Seattle, WA, where they are in love with a growing menagerie of house plants, mountains wearing hats, and a fellow Smithie.