Edie Kaye Krone is a queer, Southern writer, educator, and editor from rural Tennessee who now works and lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She received her BA from the University of Memphis and is currently pursuing her MFA in poetry at the University of Arkansas. She has previously worked for Palette Poetry, The Arkansas International, and The Pinch, but currently serves as the editor-in-chief at dogyard mag. She teaches Intro to Writing and Creative Writing, while running a blog titled The World on E in her free time.

EK has had the opportunity to attend craft talks or workshops with writers like Jericho Brown, Ada Limon, Ross Gay, Stephen Graham Jones, Mark Mayer, Emily Skaja, Marcus Wicker, Geffrey Davis, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Adrien Matejka, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Joy Priest, and Carmen Maria Machado, among others. She has a background in film, music, and spoken word, and she is available for readings and any inquiries.

Short Bio: EK Krone (she/her) is a jailhouse preacher’s daughter. She is an MFA candidate at the University of Arkansas and the Editor-in-Chief at dogyard mag. A trans southerner, she can be found in the wildness literary journal, Barely South Review, Arkana, or stomping around in the woods.