Mormei Zanke is a writer who currently resides in New York City. She earned her MFA in Literary Reportage at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and a BA in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. Her poems and writing have appeared in publications including The Globe and Mail, KGB Lit, Kyoto Journal, PRISM international, and The Sunday Long Read. In 2021, her poem “Okinawa” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.