PAULA FINN

Paula Finn is the winner of the 2025 Gerald Cable Book Award from Silverfish Review Press. Her poetry has been nominated for a 2026 Pushcart Prize, and has appeared in Poet Lore, Common Ground, Bicoastal Review, Tupelo Quarterly, Spoon River Review, as well as other journals. She is the author of the chapbook Eating History (Finishing Line Press). 

On the hundredth anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, Finn's poetry was featured in a piece of musical theater capturing that historic tragedy and the female immigrant worker organizing that arose in its wake. The dramatic oratorio Triangle: From the Fire played to sold-out audiences in New York City and won a Best New Musical Theater award at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh.

Finn has worked for many years with the U.S. labor movement as an activist, educator, and editor.  She holds an MFA from NYU's Creative Writing Program and currently lives in Kingston, New York.