Paige Ellen Passantino is currently pursuing an M.F.A. in poetry at John’s Hopkins University, where she also instructs introductory creative writing courses. She holds a bachelor’s in literature & creative writing from Smith College, where she studied as an Ada Comstock Fellow, a scholarship program for students of non-traditional age. She is the recipient of the Academy of American Poet’s Anne Bradstreet Prize, and her work can be found in Poets.org, Pinhole, Zenaida, Emulate, and various other publications. She is a 2024 Tin House Scholar and a reader for the Massachusetts Review. Paige is also the recipient of the Ruth Forbes Eliot Prize for poetry, a two-time recipient of the Ethel Olin Orbin prize for creative nonfiction, and was an honoree in the 2023 Adroit Prizes.
