Jie Venus Cohen

Autumn Fourkiller

Jie V. Cohen is a mixed, intersex writer and author of poetry chapbook VENUS LIMBS (’25, Thirty West Publishing). They are a 2026 Tin House Scholar, a 2025 LAMBDA Literary fellow, and have received fellowships from Kenyon Review, Mount Holyoke College, and others. They were longlisted for the 2024 DISQUIET Prize. Their work has been recognized in DIAGRAM, The Offing, The Minnesota Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Strange Horizons, The Ex-Puritan, Singapore Unbound, POETS.org, and others. Their poem THE FUTURE received a Best of the Net award in 2023. They are the first place winner of the 2024 Singapore Poetry Prize and second place winner of the 2025 Singapore Poetry Prize. Their poem “Gaia Sings the Body Electric” was nominated for the Best New Poetry prize in 2025. Their poem “The Argument I” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2025. www.jievenuscohen.com