Dawn Parker earned her Bachelor's in English Creative Writing from California State University Fresno. She is the recipient of the 2025 Larry Levis Poetry Prize and the 2025 Fresno Fiction Prize. She has published poems and stories in hais: a literary journal, Elephant Eyes, and Behemoth Magazine, with more to come. Within her writing, primarily in fiction, she focuses on experimental forms and themes of family. Dawn served as the 2024-2025 Co-Executive Editor for the San Joaquin Review journal.
Selected work
Arachnophobia
Academy of American Poets, 2025
PoetryFree Verse
O2
HAIS, 2024
PoetryExperimental
Con Joined
HAIS, 2024
FictionFlashExperimental
Ode to Bloody Knuckles
Behemoth Magazine, 2025
Poetry
Pink and Purple Willow Trees
Elephant Eyes, 2024
FictionShort StoryLiterary