Samantha Ratcliffe (she/her) is a queer Appalachian poet and songwriter. She is recent graduate of the University of Kentucky's MFA program. She's a 2025 Kentucky Foundation For Women Grantee, and she's excited to travel to Montana this summer for her first "out west" residency. Find more about her work at SamanthaRatcliffe.com
Selected work
Ranger
Soon
Sinister Wisdom
Everyday Aches
Soon
Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel Literary Journal
Yours, An Ars Poetic
Soon
Susurrus
"Applicable Candidacies"; "Grease"; "What I've Learned About Marriage So Far"; and "Naomi"
Soon
The Wild
Soon
"sour"
The Uncommon GRACkle, 2026
Common Wealth, The Argyle Literary Magazine
The Argyle Literary Magazine, 2026
"Church of Dolls" & "Meet My Daddy Before You Cut SSI"
YNST Magazine - You're Not Seeing Things., 2026
Mortgage Lifters
Harpy Hybrid Review, 2026
This American Currency
Harpy Hybrid Review, 2026
"America Does a Little Trick"
Soon
VAGABOND CITY
"Ode to the Left Organ"
Soon
dogyard mag
"Pippin Moon"; "Preserver"; "Hard-Shelled Mirrors in One Star Shaped Urge"; "Woman as Hammered Copper Clawfoot Tub" volume XXII — Corporeal
Corporeal, 2026
Mary Jane Watson Requests One More Day
White Wall Review, 2025
In Sight It Must Be Right
White Wall Review, 2025
