Melanie Cole is a poet and writer from Tacoma, Washington. She has been published in Grit City Magazine, Dandelion Revolution Press, and PHIL LIT Journal, Open Secrets Magazine, and Lemon Jelly Press, among others. She has held residency at Sou’Wester Arts. She has publications upcoming.
Selected work
Hosanna
Opol, 2026
PoetryProse Poetry
Trill by Melanie Cole [ Creative Colloquy ]
Creative Colloquy, 2025
FictionShort StoryLiterary
Honeybee
PHIL LIT Journal, 2025
FictionShort StoryLiterary
The Year I Spoke with Chris Evans
Open Secrets Magazine, 2026
NonfictionEssayMemoir
The Seekers
2025
NonfictionEssayNature Writing
Scratch
2025
NonfictionEssayMemoir
Constellations
GRIT CITY MAGAZINE, 2024
NonfictionLong ReadTrue Crime
The Invisible Men
GRIT CITY MAGAZINE, 2024
NonfictionEssayMemoir