Helene Achanzar

About

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Helene Achanzar is a poet and editor whose writing has appeared in Sixth Finch, Quarterly West, Georgia Review, and elsewhere. Winner of the 2022 New England Review Award for Emerging Writers, her work has been supported by Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and the Mastheads. She is a senior editor for Poetry Northwest, Midwest Regional Chair for Kundiman, and Director of Programs at the Chicago Poetry Center.