BIOGRAPHY

Perla Kantarjian is an award-winning Lebanese-Armenian writer and copywriter whose work has been published in over 50 renowned journals, including The Rumpus, Electric Literature, AMBIT, and Black Warrior Review. Her poetry and prose have earned accolades from Palette Poetry, The Poetry Society, Orison Books, and more, with nominations for the Pushcart Prize. Her surrealist poem, "Half Woman, Half Starlight," was chosen for The Lunar Codex: Artists on the Moon project, making her the only Lebanese and Armenian artist archived on the Moon’s surface. A former literature instructor and journalist, Kantarjian has held leadership roles at Annahar English and BLACK LEMON, MENA’s first Web3 Lab. She holds a BA in English Studies and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia, where she was the 2021-22 Sonny Mehta Scholar. Currently, she is a submissions reader for Rusted Radishes, a Creative Armenia Network member, and an advocate for Armenian literature through the International Armenian Literary Alliance.