Diana Arterian

Discipline: Poetry

Based In: Los Angeles, CA

Year at Millay: 2019

Awards/Honors: Finalist, Wisconsin Prize for Poetry in Translation Prize, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (2024); Honorable Mention, Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA (2020); Shortlist, Dorset Prize, Tupelo Press, North Adams, MA (2020); Shortlist, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA (2020); Shortlist, poetry, The Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (2018); Shortlist, NPS Open Competition, The National Poetry Series, Lawrenceville, NJ (2018, 2017); Shortlist, CSU Poetry Center Essay Collection Competition, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH (2017); Writer-in-Residence, Literary Arts, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada (2017); Fellow, Publicly Active Graduate Education Fellowship, Imagining America, Davis, CA (2016–2017); Artist-in-Residence, Whiting Foundation Fellowship, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY (2016); Shortlist, Open Reading Period, Futurepoem Books, New York, NY (2016); Shortlist, Open Reading Period, The Song Cave, Northampton, MA (2016); Shortlist, International Art Residency Program, Can Serrat, Barcelona, Spain (2016); Artist-in-Residence, Caldera Artists in Residence, Caldera, Sisters, Oregon (2015); Shortlist, poetry, DISQUIET Prize, DISQUIET International Literary Program, Lisbon, Portugal (2014); Artist-in-Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (2014); Shortlist, BWR Contest in Poetry, "Black Warrior Review," The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (2013).

Website: https://dianaarterian.com/

Diana Arterian is the author of the poetry collection Agrippina the Younger (Northwestern University Press, 2025). Her first book, Playing Monster :: Seiche, received a starred review in Publishers Weekly and was a Poetry Foundation Staff Pick. She edited and, with Marina Omar, co-translated Nadia Anjuman’s poetry in a volume entitled Smoke Drifts (World Poetry Books, 2025). A Poetry Editor at Noemi Press and twice-finalist for the National Poetry Series, Diana’s creative work has been recognized with fellowships from the Banff Centre, Caldera, Vermont Studio Center, and Yaddo. Her poetry, nonfiction, criticism, co-translations, and conversations have been featured in BOMB, Brooklyn Rail, Georgia Review, Harvard Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, NPR, The New York Times Book Review, and The Poetry Foundation website, among others. She curates and writes “The Annotated Nightstand” column at Literary Hub. Diana holds a PhD in Literature & Creative Writing from the University of Southern California and lives in Los Angeles.