Hilary King

Originally from the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia, Hilary King is a poet now living in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Her poems have appeared in Ploughshares, Salamander, Fourth River, Common Ground Review, and other publications. She was the 2023 winner of the Rose Warner Prize from Freshwater Review and the second place winner of the 2025 Common Ground Review Annual Poetry Prize. She is an editor for DMQ Review and currently finishing her Masters of Creative Writing at San Jose State University. Her book Stitched on Me was published by Riot in Your Throat Press in 2024. She loves hiking, travel, and catching sight of whales.

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