Evita Arakelian’s work has been published in anthologies such as Rebirth (The Selkie), as well as in several literary journals, including Talon Review, Eunoia Review, and A New Ulster. Her poem “Child” was shortlisted for the Hemlock Journal Poetry Competition in 2025, and her poem “The Memory of a Star” was nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the Best of the Net Anthology in 2022. She holds a master’s degree in Creative Writing and serves as a volunteer reader for Palette Poetry. When she is not writing or teaching, she can be found playing with her pets, cuddling stray cats, or making tiny polymer clay ornaments.
“I would spend hours editing poems, and then miss submission deadlines—on purpose. Life had become a bumper car ride over the preceding years, and at that point in time, each rejection landed like yet another blow I did not need.”