Allie Hoback

Instructor

Allie Hoback joined Writopia Lab as an instructor in December 2024. Allie is a poet and essayist from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwest Virginia. She earned her BA in English from Virginia Commonwealth University, and her MFA in creative writing from Syracuse University. Allie has served as editorial staff for several literary journals, including Quarterly West, Salt Hill Journal, and Blackbird. Her work has appeared in New Ohio Review, HAD (Hobart After Dark), The Boiler, and elsewhere. An AmeriCorps Colorado alumni, she has previously worked in a garden center, as a sandwich slinger, in university writing centers, and as an adjunct college professor. She lives in Washington, DC