Originally from the Midlands, Degna Stone is a poet and poetry editor based in north east England. They are co-founder and former Managing Editor of Butcher’s Dog poetry magazine, a Contributing Editor at The Rialto, and an associate artist with The Poetry Exchange. They are the current Project Manager for The Rebecca Swift Foundation.
They received a major Northern Writers Award for poetry in 2015, and their debut full-length poetry collection Proof of Life on Earth is published by Nine Arches Press.