
POETRY October 1, 2026
Dooms(crolling)day
2025 Susan Neville Poetry Prize Shortlist

Erica Abbott (she/her) is a poet and editor whose work has previously appeared or is forthcoming in RHINO, The Rumpus, Ecotone, The Cortland Review, Epiphany, Shō Poetry Journal, and others. She is the author of Self-Portrait as a Sinking Ship, poetry editor for Variant Literature and web editor for River Heron Review. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Randolph College and lives in Philadelphia. Visit her website at https://erica-abbott.com.
Social Media: poetry_erica
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