Elma Mitchell (November 19, 1919 – November 23, 2000) was a Scottish poet.
Mitchell won a scholarship to Somerville College, Oxford, where she gained a first in English in 1941.
She went on to achieve a diploma in librarianship at the School of Librarianship, University College London.
Mitchell worked as a librarian and information officer for the BBC (1941–1943).
She moved to Buckland St Mary, Somerset, and worked as a freelance writer.