Instructor

Allie Hoback joined Writopia Lab as an instructor in December 2024 and loves helping young writers hone their craft. Allie is a poet and essayist from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwest Virginia. She earned her MFA in creative writing from Syracuse University. Allie has served as editorial staff for several literary journals, including Quarterly West, Salt Hill Journal, and Blackbird. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in New Ohio Review, Poetry Northwest, Poet Lore, and elsewhere. An AmeriCorps Colorado alumna, she has previously worked in a garden center, as a sandwich slinger, in university writing centers, and as an adjunct writing professor. She lives in Washington, DC.