Melissa McKinstry

Written By Meg Weston

Melissa McKinstry hosts quarterly poetry and jazz evenings and curates a community Poet Tree in San Diego. Her poetry appears in many journals including Beloit, Adroit, and Best New Poets 2023, and has been selected for the 2025 New Ohio Review Literary Prize and a 2026 Pushcart Prize. An Adroit Djanikian Scholar and the inaugural writer-in-residence at the Millay House Rockland, she currently serves on the Alumni Council for Pacific University’s MFA program and the Board of the Millay House Rockland.

Meg Weston

Building a community for writers and readers of poetry and short prose with readings, craft talks and workshops.

https://www.thepoetscorner.org
Previous

Diane Seuss
Next

Heidi Czerwiec