Karla Huston

Huston is the author of eleven chapbooks of poems, the latest Grief Bone, (Five Oaks Press), and a full collection A Theory of Lipstick (Main Street Rag Publications), Huston's work has garnered many awards, including a Pushcart Prize for the poem "Theory of Lipstick."

She received an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Wisconsin Library Association for her collection of the same title.

Her writing has earned residencies at Ragdale Foundation as well as the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference.

Huston has also been awarded three Jade Rings (one for fiction, two for poetry) from Wisconsin Writers Association (WWA).

She attended the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in (English) education in 1993.