Em Palughi

Em Palughi is a queer poet from South Alabama. You can find her work in Gulf Coast, Black Warrior Review, Foglifter, The Southern Poetry Anthology: Alabama, Apricity Press and elsewhere. She was a finalist in the 2023 Saints and Sinners Poetry Prize, the 2023 Tennessee Williams Literary Festival Poetry Prize, and the 2024 Lit/South Awards. She has an MFA in Poetry from Vanderbilt University where she was awarded the 2024 Kathryn Sedberry Prize.