ABOUT MAGGIE SWOFFORD
Maggie Swofford is a queer poet, writer, artist, and editor from Boston, MA.
Her work is driven by a fascination with authenticity, transformation, and the many ways we come to understand and become ourselves. Through poetry, visual art, and other creative pursuits, she explores identity, faith, queerness, beauty, and the ever-changing nature of the self. Her poetry leans into imagistic language and metaphor, while her artwork draws inspiration from outer space, fashion, color, and the beautiful collisions that occur when disparate parts of ourselves begin to coexist.
Maggie is passionate about helping people recognize and express what is most authentic to them—a value that has shaped both her creative work and her five years as Poetry Editor for
Vita Poetica. There, she managed poetry submissions for quarterly publications and provided thoughtful, encouraging, and constructive feedback to writers.
She is the winner of Serpentine's "I'm Speaking" Poetry Contest, and her work has been published in Agapanthus Collective, The Curator, Ekstasis, Entropy, Erraticus, Fathom, Flora Fiction Literary Magazine, Mazing, Penmen Review, Second Chance Lit, Serpentine, and Thimble Literary Magazine.
Maggie was also a Glen Fellow for Image Journal's 2021 Glen Workshop. She wrote the spoken word poem "When We Reach the Edge," for Gordon College's 2021 Day of Giving and the introduction for Gordon College's 100 Years of Athletics video.
After more than a decade working in marketing across the publishing and travel industries, Maggie is currently exploring new ways to bring together her creativity, curiosity, and love of helping people embrace their authentic selves. She is particularly interested in work that is hands-on, people-centered, and allows her to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others.
In her free time, Maggie is an avid admirer of Georgia O'Keeffe, Studio Ghibli, Mary Oliver, ballet, classical music, and fashion—but, for the most part, her obsessions vary by the day.