Kat Dixon is a queer writer based in London. Her poetry explores the intersections of modern life, social justice, and queer identity in a rapidly changing world.

Kat’s debut poetry book eat the glitter is published with Broken Sleep Books. She performs regularly at theatres, pubs and festivals.

You can find Kat’s writing in The Rialto, Magma, fourteen poems, Butcher’s Dog, Queerlings, Mslexia, The Letters Page, Southbank Poetry, Perverse, Sideways Poetry Magazine, Tears in the Fence, New Boots and Pantisocracies, Ink Sweat & Tears, Impossible Archetype, Bluebird and others; Her work has been published in anthologies such as Spectrum Anthology, Re:Creation Anthology and 10 Poets Travel to the Dark Side of the Moon with Sidekick Books.

Kat’s work has been shortlisted for various prizes, including the Café Writers Prize, Verve Poetry Prize, the Rialto Pamphlet Prize, Sentinel Prize, Mslexia single poem prize, Waltham Forest Poetry Prize and the Ver Prize. Her poetry has been nominated for a Forward Prize for Best Single Poem.

Kat has taught at festivals and events including the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival, Oxford Poetry Library and The Poetry School, sharing ideas on the role of AI tools in the creative process.

She enjoys working in multimedia and produced poetry-objects such as fortune cookies filled with poetry and hand sanitiser poetry labels. Her poet-sculptor collaboration at APT Gallery with Dexter Dymoke explores how words intersect with visual play.