About

Tori Grant Welhouse is a Wisconsin poet and writer. Her newest poetry chapbook is Padding Loamy on a Brew of Earth from Bottlecap Press. Her other chapbooks include Vaginas Need Air with Etchings Press (winner of their 2020 chapbook contest), and Canned with Finishling Line Press. She has also published a YA fantasy novel, The Fergus, with Skyrocket Press (winner of their inaugural novel-writing contest). She has been published in Arlington Literary Journal and Passionfruit Review, among many other publications. She has been nominated for Best of the Net and a Pushcart Prize.

Tori Grant Welhouse also published independently Cooketry Favorites, a hybrid gift book of poetry, photography, and recipes, and Stashed: A Primer in Lunch Poems, a collection of lesson poems for daughters.

She earned an MFA in Creative Writing at Antioch International, London, United Kingdom. She is also an active volunteer with Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (wfop.org).

Read her longer poetry story.

Tori Grant Welhouse is available for book readings and other presentations. She is also interested in connecting with regional or national poets who may be interested in leading a workshop or craft talk for the membership of Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (WFOP).