
Areas of Study: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, World Building, Soundwriting, First-year writing
Samantha Tetangco is a Filipino-American writer and teacher. Her poetry collection, Hope You Blend In: Studies of Color & Light (Broadstone Books, 2023), was a finalist for the 2023 National Poetry Series. A multi-genre writer, her poetry, short stories, and creative nonfiction have appeared in dozens of literary magazines, most notably, The Sun, Tri-Quarterly, Puerto del Sol, Zone 3, Gertrude, Foglifter, and Cimarron Review, among others. Sam has served as editor-in-chief for Blue Mesa Review, president of the AWP LGBTQ Writer's Caucus, and was co-director of Plume: A Writer's Companion, where she co-hosted Plume: A Writer's Podcast. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of New Mexico and is an Associate Teaching Professor at the University of California Merced.