short, formal bio:
Amanda Conover writes poetry that is often surreal-leaning, mystical, and confessional. She is the Poetry Editor for Carolina Muse Literary & Arts Magazine and holds an MFA from Arcadia University. Her poems appear in Atlanta Review, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, Lumina Journal, Witches Magazine, and elsewhere. Outside of poetry, she works as an editor in scholarly publishing and loves hiking, traveling, and attending raves. Find her at www.amandaconover.com or on Instagram @amandamconover.
not-as-short, informal bio:
Amanda Conover recently moved to Peoria, IL, after a year of being bi-regional (going back and forth between Raleigh, NC, and IL). She works full-time in scholarly publishing and also serves as the Poetry Editor for Carolina Muse Literary & Arts Magazine. She is a proud bisexual, vegan, and EDM enthusiast who enjoys hiking, travelling, making YouTube + TikTok videos, and reading tarot when she isn’t writing or editing poetry. She hosts local Shut Up + Write events in central Illinois and hopes to enlighten others to the addicting complexities of poetry that have saved her life many times. She graduated from Arcadia University with her MFA in Creative Writing in 2024 and hopes to publish her first collection, which was selected as a semi-finalist in the 2024 Charles B. Wheeler Poetry Prize, in the near future.
contact me:
amandamconover@gmail.com