Biography
Melissa Huff, a Pushcart Prize nominee, feeds her poetry from the power and mystery of the natural world and the ways in which body, nature and spirit intertwine. She explores both free verse and metered poetry, enjoying the structure as well as the patterns of sound and rhythm inherent in both.
Melissa’s poem, Talking with Trees, garnered a 2024 Pushcart Prize nomination, while many of her other works have earned recognition in local and national contests. An advocate of the power of poetry presented out loud, she twice won awards in the BlackBerry Peach Prizes for Poetry: Spoken and Heard, sponsored by the National Federation of State Poetry Societies.
Her work can be found in The Orchards Poetry Journal, Blue Heron Review, RockPaperPoem, East on Central, and Gyroscope Review, among many other journals and anthologies. Melissa’s first full-length collection of poetry is expected in late 2025 from Kelsay Books. Learn more at www.melissahuff.com
Melissa enjoys membership in Lighthouse Writers in Denver, Columbine Poets of Colorado, Poets & Patrons of Chicago, and Illinois State Poetry Society. Having grown up in New Jersey and California, she now splits her time between Illinois and Colorado.
