Born in Philadelphia, Corinne Gaston is a poet and freelance writer now based in Tulsa, OK, where she serves as the Nonfiction Editor of literary magazine Okie Modern. She facilitates a monthly writers’ workshop called The Second Draft Society, and is a freelance contributor at The Pickup.

In 2025, she was awarded the Artist Creative Fund grant, which provided funds to create a writing workshop series exploring different neighborhoods and sides of Tulsa, culminating in a showcase with nine featured poets.

Her flash fiction piece Dream Car is forthcoming in eMerge Magazine after she won the Nikki Hanna Literary Challenge in 2026. Her poem For Evelyn won third place in the 2025 Gordon Parks Museum poetry contest, and her other poetry has appeared in Literary Orphans, Apeiron Review, and Rose Red Review.

She is currently working on her first chapbook of poetry.

Education

B.A. in Creative Writing and a minor in Folklore from the University of Southern California.

Speaking Engagements as a Featured Reader

2026 Scissortail Creative Writing Festival

2026 Tulsa University Black History Month Reading

2025 Homegrown Open Mic

2024 OSU Live Lit Night

2024 VERSES Literary Festival