Monica Sok

Andria Lo

Monica Sok is a Cambodian American poet and the daughter of former refugees. Her work has been recognized with a Discovery Prize from the 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center. She has received fellowships from Hedgebrook, the Elizabeth George Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, Kundiman, the Jerome Foundation, the MacDowell Colony, the Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, and others. Currently, Sok is a 2018ā€“2020 Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University and also teaches poetry at the Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants and Banteay Srei in Oakland, California. She is originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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Awards and Honors

Discovery Prize from, 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center

Hedgebrook Fellowship

Elizabeth George Foundation Grant

National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship

Kundiman Fellowship

Jerome Foundation Artist Fellowship

MacDowell Colony Fellowship

Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts Fellowship

Wallace Stegner Fellowship, Stanford University