Bio
In 2016 Erin Redfern shared the Poetry Society of America's Robert H. Winner Award with Metta Sama, and in 2020 she was runner-up for the James Hearst Poetry Prize. She has served as the poetry judge for the San Francisco Unified School District Arts Festival and as a reader for DMQ Review and Poetry Center San Jose's print publication, Caesura.
Erin earned her PhD in English at Northwestern University, where she also worked as a Fellow at the Searle Center for Teaching Excellence. After returning to the Bay Area she taught in the English Department at St. Francis High School and at The Harker School. She has over twenty years of classroom experience and currently teaches writing as a tutor, workshop leader, and editor.
Erin earned her PhD in English at Northwestern University, where she also worked as a Fellow at the Searle Center for Teaching Excellence. After returning to the Bay Area she taught in the English Department at St. Francis High School and at The Harker School. She has over twenty years of classroom experience and currently teaches writing as a tutor, workshop leader, and editor.
