MARIA SURRICCHIO

Maria Surricchio is originally from the UK and now lives near Boulder, Colorado. A life-long lover of poetry, she began writing in 2020 after an extensive marketing career.

Her debut full-length collection, Edge States, won the 2026 Longleaf Press Book Prize and is forthcoming spring 2027.

A Pushcart Prize nominee, her work has appeared in Blackbird, Salamander, River Heron Review, Poet Lore, Chicago Quarterly Review, The Comstock Review, SWWIM Every Day, and elsewhere.

She holds a BA in Modern Languages from Cambridge University and a Masters in Fine Arts in Writing from Pacific University. She has worked globally for major companies in technology and entertainment.