Koon Woon

Koon Woon (1949 - )is a fourth generation Chinese immigrant arriving to the US in 1960. He obtained his MLS degree at Fort Hays State University in Literary Arts. He is the author of two full volumes of poetry -- The Truth in Rented Rooms (Kaya, 1998, NY, NY, The winner of the Pen Oakland Award and finalist of the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America) and Water Chasing Water (Kaya, 2013, USC, LA, CA), the winner of a 2014 American Book Award. He is also the author of the chapbook

The Burden of Sanity and Other Poems (Chrysanthemum Publications, 2004, Seattle, WA) and the most recent chapbook, Payment in Memories (Goldfish Press, 2015, Seattle, WA).

Koon Woon edited the print poetry journal Chrysanthemum and operates Goldfish Press in Seattle. He is internationally anthologized, a three-time Pushcart nominee and has a poem nominated as the best poem on the Internet in the world in 2013 by Asia Cha journal in Hong Kong.

He has blogged for Poets & Writers, Inc. He has given, organized, and sponsored poetry readings and judged poetry contests. He presently acts as a literary consultant.