Kenzie Allen

Kenzie Allen is a Haudenosaunee poet and multimodal artist. She is a descendant of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. Kenzie is a recipient of a 92NY Discovery Prize, the James Welch Prize for Indigenous Poets, the 49th Parallel Award for Poetry, and the Littoral Press Prize, as well as fellowships from Vermont Studio Center, Aspen Summer Words, and Indigenous Nations Poets (In-Na-Po). A finalist for the National Poetry Series, her work can be found in Poetry magazine, Boston Review, Narrative magazine, Poets.org, The Paris Review‘s The Daily, Poetry Northwest, Best New Poets, and other venues. Born in West Texas, she is currently an Assistant Professor in Indigenous Literatures and Creative Writing at York University in Toronto.