About

Dominique Ahkong is a poet and creative dabbler of Hakka-Mauritian descent. She was born in the UK, raised in Singapore, and now lives in North Central Arizona, where she co-edits Shō Poetry Journal. She earned a BA from Middlebury College and an MPS from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Her work has received support from Hedgebrook, the Center for Book Arts, and the Singapore National Arts Council.

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  • M.P.S. Interactive Telecommunications Program, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, 2009

    • Coursework in Methods of Motion, Collective Storytelling, 2×2: Short Narratives for Tiny Screens, Frame by Frame: Creation and Manipulation of the Moving Image

    B.A. in Women’s & Gender Studies (Focus on Literature in English); minor in French, Middlebury College, 2005

    • Coursework in Poetry, Fiction, Sight and Sound I and II, The Visual Language of Editing

  • The Looking Glass Rock Writers’ Conference, Brevard College, NC, 2026 (Workshop leader: Victoria Chang)

    Mentor Access Project, National Arts Council Singapore, 2011-2012 (Mentor: Alvin Pang)

    Center for Book Arts, NYC, Letterpress Printing & Fine Press Publishing Seminar For Emerging Writers, November 2009

    Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Middlebury College Scholarship in Poetry, Summer 2003 (Workshop leader: Steve Orlen)

  • Nominee, Pushcart Prize Anthology Volume LI for “My Boss’s Husband Watches Me Slice Brioche,” nominated by The McNeese Review

    The Ronald Moran Prize in Poetry for Vol 57 from The South Carolina Review for “A Man Who Looks Like Your Best Friend’s Father”

    Best New Poets 2024 for “Witch of the East,” nominated by Fugue, selected by Anders Carlson-Wee

    Nominee, Pushcart Prize Anthology Volume L for “Reunion Dinner,” nominated by The Cincinnati Review

    Nominee, Best New Poets 2024 for “Ghazal for Familiar Women,” nominated by Sugar House Review

    Finalist, 2024 Slapering Hol Chapbook Contest, for When a Plant Goes to Seed