About

Dominique Ahkong is a writer and creative dabbler of Hakka-Mauritian descent. She was born in the UK, raised in Singapore, and now lives in North Central Arizona, where she co-edits Shō Poetry Journal.

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  • M.P.S. Interactive Telecommunications Program, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, 2009

    • Coursework in Methods of Motion, Collective Storytelling, 2×2: Short Narratives for Tiny Screens, Frame by Frame: Creation and Manipulation of the Moving Image

    B.A. in Women’s & Gender Studies (Focus on Literature in English); minor in French, Middlebury College, 2005

    • Coursework in Poetry, Fiction, Sight and Sound I and II, The Visual Language of Editing

  • Mentor Access Project, National Arts Council Singapore, 2011-2012 (Mentor: Alvin Pang)

    Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Middlebury College Scholarship in Poetry, Summer 2003 (Workshop leader: Steve Orlen)

  • Best New Poets 2024 for “Witch of the East,” nominated by Fugue, selected by Anders Carlson-Wee

    Nominee, Pushcart Prize Anthology Volume L for “Reunion Dinner,” nominated by The Cincinnati Review

    Nominee, Best New Poets 2024 for “Ghazal for Familiar Women,” nominated by Sugar House Review

    Finalist, 2024 Slapering Hol Chapbook Contest, for When a Plant Goes to Seed