Bio

Saúl Hernández is a queer writer from San Antonio, Texas, who was raised by former undocumented parents. Hernández has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Texas at El Paso. Hernández’s debut poetry collection, How to Kill a Goat & Other Monsters, is out now (University of Wisconsin Press, 2024). He's the winner of both 2022 Pleiades Prufer Poetry Prize judged by Joy Priest and the 2021 Two Sylvias Press Chapbook Prize judged by Victoria Chang. Saúl is a 2024 Finalist for the Dartmouth Poet in Residence at The Frost Place. His poems have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best of The Net. Saúl’s work is forthcoming/featured in The American Poetry Review, Sundog Lit, Poetry Daily, The Slowdown, Literary Hub, Columbia Journal, Pleiades, Split This Rock, and elsewhere. He's a Macondista, a 2021 Tin House Alum, and a 2024 Lambda Literary Fellow.