Kaitlin Tan

KaitlinTan

Writer of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, from Manila and Macao.

Kaitlin Tan
On presence

Publications

Fiction and poetry

Selected creative nonfiction from The Johns Hopkins News-Letter

Print Publications

  • Suspension
    Half Mystic Journal · Opus II, Issue III: Vesper
    July 2026

Honors

From The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University

  • 2026 Chaffee Writing Prize for excellence and promise in creative writing.
  • 2026 Laureen Rita Schipsi Poetry Prize, chosen by external judge Joy Priest as The Writing Seminars’ selection for the Academy of American Poets.
About

Kaitlin Tan grew up between Manila, Philippines and Macao, SAR. This year, she graduated from Johns Hopkins University where she studied cognitive science and The Writing Seminars and was commended with a Chaffee Award, an honor for excellence in writing. Her poetry was selected by Joy Priest for the Laureen Rita Schipsi Prize with the American Academy of Poets. Her writing can be found in Contrary Magazine, The Shore, Half Mystic Journal, and elsewhere. She was a 2025 Adroit Prize commended writer in poetry, an editorial assistant at The Hopkins Review, and a reader for Trio House Press. She is currently working on a novel and a chapbook.

Contact
kaitlintan.writing@gmail.com