Matt currently writes in Washington—about an hour north of Seattle, an hour south of the Canadian border.
Matt Malyon lives in Washington with his family. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia, and is the founding Executive Director of Underground Writing, a literature-based arts non-profit serving migrant, incarcerated, recovery, and other at-risk communities in Washington through literacy and voice amplification. He is a prison, jail, and juvenile detention chaplain, and the author of the poetry chapbook, During the Flood. His poetry has received a Pushcart Prize nomination, and his writing in various genres has appeared in a variety of publications and anthologies, including the University of Iowa’s 100 Words, Teachers & Writers Magazine, Filid, Iron City Magazine, Rock & Sling, Adam, Eve, & the Riders of the Apocalypse, Measure, and The Stanza Project. He serves as a Mentor in the PEN Prison Writing Program, and recently founded the One Year Writing in the Margins initiative.
profile photo: Parker Miles Blohm/KNKX
home page photo - Skagit Valley, WA: Trevin Rudy