Cleo Qian is a queer fiction writer and poet. She is the author of the award-winning story collection LET’S GO LET’S GO LET’S GO (Tin House, 2023) and a 2024 National Poetry Series finalist. 

Her fiction, poetry, and essays have appeared in nearly thirty outlets including American Poetry Review, ZYZZYVA, The Sun, and The Massachusetts Review. She has been awarded residencies from the University of Notre Dame, Casa Snowapple, and the Sundress Academy for the Arts. She was a 2024 MacDowell Fellow.  

She has taught creative writing at the low-residency University of Southern Maine Stonecoast MFA program and the Tin House Summer Workshop.