Liina Koivula is a writer whose fiction celebrates queer relationships and subcultures of the North American West. You may know them from Olympia, Bellingham, Albuquerque, Vancouver, Spokane, Northampton, or the internet. They co-run Local Smoke Press and its radio show with historian Kaden Jelsing and write the Substack Lifeguard of Love.

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Liina holds an MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from Eastern Washington University and a BA from The Evergreen State College. Their story "Wisdom Teeth" was a winner of the 2023 AWP Intro Journals Award. Their short fiction has been nominated for Best of the Net 2026 and a Pushcart Prize, and published in Feign, Puerto del Sol, Right Hand Pointing, Room Magazine, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane Campfire Stories, and The Table Review.

email: liinakj@gmail.com