Tioga Arts Council (TAC) is honored to host its 2026 Poet in Residence, Eugenia Leigh, from July 7 through 12, 2026, at Cloud Croft Studios. On Saturday, July 11, there will be a low-cost generative workshop followed by a free poetry reading by Leigh. Save the date and join us!

ABOUT EUGENIA LEIGH

Eugenia Leigh is a Korean American poet and the author of  Bianca (Four Way Books, 2023) and  Blood, Sparrows and Sparrows (Four Way Books, 2014). Poems from  Bianca received  Poetry magazine’s Bess Hokin Prize and have appeared in publications such as  The Atlantic, The Nation, Ploughshares, and the  Best of the Net anthology. Her essays have appeared in  TIME,  The Rumpus, and elsewhere. The recipient of fellowships and awards from  Poets & Writers Magazine, Kundiman,  the Asian American Literary Review, and elsewhere, Eugenia received her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College and serves as Senior Poetry Editor at  The Adroit Journal and as Board President of Brooklyn Poets.

REGISTRATION

Thank you, and we hope you join us this July.