Nicole Lee is a poet born to Chinese (Teochew and Hakka) Malaysian parents. Her poetry has been published in Agni, Crazyhorse (now swamp pink), Gulf Coast, Meanjin, Palette Poetry, and wildness, and has received fellowships and scholarships from Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Tin House Summer and Winter Workshops, Palm Beach Poetry Festival, AWP, and Miami Book Fair. Her poem “Deluge: A Chinese Almanac” won the 2024 Palette Poetry Previously Published Prize and is currently being adapted into a feature. Nicole is a graduate of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College and associate poetry editor at Four Way Review. She teaches classical Chinese poetics and its influence on contemporary poetry at the Asian American Literary Archive. For more, visit nicolewlee.com.