Anastasios Mihalopoulos is a Greek/Italian American writer from Boardman, Ohio. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Creative Writing and Literature and a Masters in Chemistry at the University of New Brunswick. He received his MFA in poetry from the Northeast Ohio MFA (NEOMFA) consortium and his B.S. in both chemistry and English from Allegheny College.
He was awarded scholarships to attend the 2022 Juniper Writing Institute as well as the 2022 Napa Valley Writer’s Conference. He has previously attended the Writing Workshops in Greece: Thessaloniki | Thasos in 2018 and 2023, the Writing Workshops in Greece: Crete in 2022, the 2023 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and the Banff Centre’s Late Winter Writers Residency in 2024.
He was a finalist for the Black Lawrence Press 2022-2023 Immigrant Writing Series and has had several poems nominated for the Pushcart Prize. His poem “Odysseus’ Apology to Laertes” was selected as the winner of the 2024 Prism Review Poetry Prize and his short story “The Music of Olena Xiphias” was a runner-up for the Driftwood Press Adrift Short Story Contest. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Scientific American, Pithead Chapel, Fairy Tale Review, The Decadent Review, Cider Press Review, PRISM International, and elsewhere.
In his free time, he enjoys hiking, skiing, and joyous conversation with family and friends.