Courtney Hartnett holds an MFA in poetry writing from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she currently teaches. Her poems and prose have appeared in Salt Hill, Nimrod, Gertrude, Winter Tangerine, Bombay Gin, Appalachian Journal, and elsewhere. Courtney has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and was a finalist for the Vermont College of Fine Arts 2016 Ruth Stone Poetry Prize.