Amanda Conover writes poetry that is often surreal-leaning, mystical, and confessional. She is the Poetry Editor for Carolina Muse Literary & Arts Magazine and holds an MFA from Arcadia University. Her poems appear in Atlanta Review, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, Lumina Journal, Witches Magazine, and elsewhere. Outside of poetry, she works as an editor in scholarly publishing and loves hiking, traveling, and attending raves. Find her at www.amandaconover.com or on Instagram @amandamconover.
Selected work
dark matter
Lumina Journal, 2025
sorry I can’t talk right now I’m busy doing satanic rituals
Instant Noodles, 2024
the state fair
Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, 2024
wishlist
Atlanta Review, 2024
getting somewhere and I would have done anything
The Woolf, 2024
medicine
The Shallot: Journal of Mental Health, Art, and Literature, 2024
clementine heart
Moist Poetry Journal, 2024
list of things that can’t be listed (2nd Place Poetry Contest Winner)
Sad Girl Diaries, 2024
a bisexual perspective on love
RockPaperPoem, 2023
petals
North Carolina Bards Poetry Anthology, 2023
vernality
the lickety-split, 2023
miles per hour
The Elevation Review, 2023
pumpkin, snow, and stars
Miracle Monocle, 2022
meaning
Clepsydra Literary and Art Magazine, 2022
pearls
Scapegoat Review, 2022
pills
The Chaffin Journal, 2021
back to my body
Waffle Fried, 2025
orange and clouds
Carolina Muse Literary & Arts Magazine, 2021
a cost both higher and lower than you’d think, the weight of the world, and government subsidies scare me
Literary Veganism: An Online Journal, 2025
stolen sisters
Bridge: The Bluffton University Literary Journal, 2020
