Photo by Selena McKinney.
Joshua McKinney is the winner of the first John Ridland Poetry Prize for his book Sad Animal (2024). He is the author of four previous books of poetry. His award-winning work has appeared in such journals as Boulevard, Colorado Review, Denver Quarterly, Kenyon Review, New American Writing, and many others. He is co-editor of the online ecopoetics zine, Clade Song.