Kai-Lilly Karpman has studied at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop and holds an MFA from Columbia University, where she also received a teaching fellowship. She has work published in or forthcoming in Plume, The Rumpus, Image Magazine, Florida Review, the North American Review, The New Flash Fiction Review, and elsewhere. She was a finalist for Georgia Review’s 2024 Lorraine William’s Poetry Prize, the 2025 North American Review’s James Hearst Prize, and was nominated for a Pushcart this year.