About Alison

A former cellist and dancer, Alison Hurwitz now finds music and movement in the written word. She has been published in The Shore, Gyroscope Review, SWWIM Every Day, Halfway Down the Stairs, South Florida Poetry Journal, ONE ART, Rust & Moth, Blue Heron Review, South Dakota Review, Sky Island Journal, and others. Her work is forthcoming in River Heron Review, Poetry in Plain Sight, The Westchester Review, and Thimble Literary Magazine. Alison was a finalist for the grand prize in Volume 2 of Poetry in the Time of Coronavirus, and received an honorable mention from Tiferet Journal for its annual poetry award. Her work was nominated for Best of the Net in 2023 and 2024, and for a Pushcart Prize in 2024. On the second Sunday of each month, Alison facilitates a free online poetry reading, Well-Versed Words, facebook.com/Iambicreative. She lives with her husband, two sons and rescue dog in North Carolina. When not writing, she officiates weddings and memorial services, takes long walks in the woods with her family, and dances with abandon in her kitchen.

Contact Alison:

poetrybyalisonhurwitz@gmail.com