Chloe Hanks

Chloe Hanks is a poet from Worcestershire. She graduated from the University of Worcester in 2020 with a first-class degree in English Literature and Creative and Professional Writing. She was also awarded the V Press Prize for Poetry in the same year. Her debut publication, May We All Be Artefacts, was published with V Press in April 2021 with endorsements from reputable poets Charley Barnes and Scarlett Ward-Bennett. Her work has appeared in a number of anthologies, namely, the Nine Pens Press Hair Raising Anthology as well as the debut anthology from Fawn Press, Elements.

With a focus on female villainy and absolving female archetypes from the patriarchal lens, Hanks' work provokes modern feminism and seeks to defend the woman's right to be unpleasant. Her first full collection, I Call Upon the Witches, was published with Sunday Mornings at the River in March 2022. She currently holds an Master of Arts with Distinction from the University of Birmingham and is undertaking her PhD studies with York St John University researching creative responses to the archive.