Katie Budris

Born and raised in the Chicagoland area, Katie Budris holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Roosevelt University and a BA in English from Hope College. Her poems have appeared in literary journals including After Hours Press, The Albion Review, Border Crossing, Deep Wild Journal, From the Depths (Haunted Waters Press), Kelsey Review, Our Time Is Now, Outside In, Philadelphia Stories, River and South Review, Temenos Journal, Yellow Medicine Review, and the anthology Crossing Lines (Main Street Rag). She has two chapbooks of poetry: Mid-Bloom (2021) and Prague in Synthetics (2015), both available from Finishing Line Press. She was the recipient of a John Woods Scholarship to attend the Prague Summer Program in 2005, and was nominated for an AWP Intro Journals Award in 2004. Currently, Katie is a Senior Lecturer in the Writing Arts Department at Rowan University where she serves as Program Coordinator for the Master of Arts in Writing, and as Editor-in-Chief of Glassworks literary magazine. She is a breast cancer survivor and volunteers as a Young Advocate with Living Beyond Breast Cancer. Katie lives in South Jersey with her husband, Chris, and their English Mastiff, Winnie.