BIOGRAPHY

Perla Kantarjian is an award-winning Lebanese-Armenian writer and copywriter with over 50 publications, most recently in Wasafiri, The Rumpus, Electric Literature, and Black Warrior Review. Her poetry and prose have earned accolades from London's Southbank Centre, Palette Poetry, The Poetry Society, Orison Books, and more, with a nomination 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 at the International College in Beirut and journalist at Annahar Newspaper, Kantarjian 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 at the American University of Beirut, a Creative Armenia Network member, and an advocate for Armenian literature through the International Armenian Literary Alliance. Her debut poetry collection 'Bloodwaters' will be published by Nottingham-based Bad Betty Press in 2026.