Emily O'Neill is an artist, writer, and proud Jersey girl. New poems are forthcoming in The Journal, Minnesota Review, Redivider, and Washington Square, among others. Her poem "de Los Muertos" was selected by Jericho Brown as the winner of Gigantic Sequins' second annual poetry contest.She holds a degree in the synesthesia of storytelling from Hampshire College and teaches creative writing courses at the Boston Center For Adult Education.

Her debut collection, Pelican, is the inaugural winner of the Pamet River Book Prize, awarded by Yes Yes Books to first collections from female-identified and gender queer poets, and is available now. She lives in Medford, MA with two brilliant Feral Bitch writers and the inimitable Roger Mindfucker.