Katy E. Ellis is the author of three full-length poetry collections: Nature vs. Girl (Fernwood Press, forthcoming in Fall 2026), Forty Bouts in the Wilderness (MoonPath Press), which was first runner up for the 2024 Sally Albiso Award, and the novel-length prose poem Home Water, Home Land (Tolsun Books). She is also the author of three chapbooks, including Night Watch—winner of Floating Bridge Press’ 2017 John Pierce Chapbook competition—Urban Animal Expeditions (Dancing Girl Press) and Gravity, (Yellow Flag Press) a single poem which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She studied writing at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada and at Western Washington University, in Bellingham, Washington. Her poetry and prose has appears in a number of print and online literary journals and anthologies. She has been awarded grants from the Elizabeth George Foundation, Seattle’s Office of Arts & Culture and Artist Trust/Centrum. For five years Katy co-curated WordsWest Literary series, a monthly literary event in West Seattle, at the intrepid C&P Coffee Company in West Seattle. She lives a short ferry ride away from Seattle, Washington.