Micah Muhammad

Micah Muhammad is a poet and former English teacher from Clarksville, TN. Now pursuing an MFA at the University of Michigan, they are the winner of The Pinch's 2022 Literary Award for Poetry as judged by Phillip B. Williams as well as a Pushcart Prize winner. They've received support from the Sundress Academy for the Arts and the Vermont Studio Center, and have work published or forthcoming in Gulf Coast, HAD, fifth wheel press, and elsewhere. They previously co-hosted the Edwards Reading Series and Webster Reading Series, and are a recipient of the 2026 Helen Zell Fellowship for Poetry.