Mabuhay!

Dani Putney is a queer, non-binary, mixed-race Filipinx, & neurodivergent writer originally from Sacramento, California. They are the author of Mix-Mix (Baobab Press, 2025) & Salamat sa Intersectionality (Okay Donkey Press, 2021), finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Transgender Poetry. They are also the author of the poetry chapbook Dela Torre (Sundress Publications, 2022) & the creative nonfiction chapbook Swallow Whole (Bullshit Press, 2024), & they have received support for their work from Nevada Humanities, the Nevada Arts Council, the Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference, & the Association of Writers & Writing Programs, among other organizations. Their poetry appears in outlets such as Bennington Review, Cream City Review, Foglifter, Grist, Hayden’s Ferry Review, & Puerto del Sol, among others, while their creative nonfiction can be found in journals such as Crab Creek Review, Glassworks Magazine, Quarterly West, & So to Speak, among others. They received their PhD in English from Oklahoma State University & MFA in Creative Writing from Mississippi University for Women. They are a senior technical editor & team lead for an environmental, engineering, & architectural consulting firm & live in Reno, Nevada.