Claudia Kohlus was born in Berlin, Germany in 1972. Her work has been published in literary magazines, anthologies and on the Internet. After spending several months in Seattle and London, she now lives and works as a freelance journalist in Augsburg (Bavaria) and Berlin. Publications (selection): blumenmob, Verlag im Proberaum 3, Hamburg/Klingenberg 2010. Literary magazines and anthologies (selection): Weisz auf Schwarz, Dichtungsring, Keine Delikatessen, Radieschen, DUM, TORSO, Federwelt, wortwerk, ecetera (litGes), KALLIOPE, Zeichen&Wunder, Dulzinea, Klivuskante, um[laut], Der Dreischneuß, lauter niemand, Jahrbuch der Lyrik 2009 (S. Fischer Verlag). Awards (selection): Werkstattstipendium Stiftung Lyrik Kabinett (2009), Wiener Werkstattpreis für Lyrik/Ehrenpreis (2010), Donnersberg-Aufenthaltsstipendium/Pfalz, Finalistin Münchner Lyrikpreis (2010). In 2009 she was accepted into the German Literature Institute in Leipzig. (2010)