Clare Paniccia was born and raised in upstate New York. Her poems have appeared in or are forthcoming from Best New Poets 2015, The Cape Rock, Cumberland River Review, Pine Hills Review, and elsewhere. She was a finalist for Ruminate Magazine’s 2015 Janet McCabe Poetry Prize. In summer 2015 she received her MA in professional writing from Southeast Missouri State University, and is currently pursuing a PhD in poetry at Oklahoma State University.