Cheyenne Mann
Cheyenne Mann is a writer and artist from Iowa. Their work explores isolation, grief, generational trauma, and all manners of love through experimental interiority with a focus on embodiment.
They’re a two-time winner of the Iowa Chapbook Prize (2021, 2022), a winner of the Robert Coover Prize in Fiction (2025), the Frontier Poetry Myths and Fables Prize (2025), the Frances Mason Harris Prize (2026), and the John Hawkes Prize in Fiction (2026). They were a nominee for the 2026 PEN/Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. Their work appears in Gulf Coast, Frontier Poetry, Forge Literary Magazine, Chestnut Review, and Fractured Lit, among others.
When they’re not napping with their cat, Fig, they can be found getting knocked over by waves at the beach, or getting knocked over by their teammates at rugby practice.
Cheyenne recieved a BA with honors in English and Creative Writing (publishing track) and a minor in Chemistry from the University of Iowa in 2023. Cheyenne received their MFA in Literary Arts (fiction) from Brown University in 2026, and is in the process of moving to Colorado where they will be a PhD student in Literary Arts (fiction) at the University of Denver.
You can find Cheyenne on Instagram (@cheyennewrites), on twitter (@NotCheyenneMann), and on bluesky (@CheyenneMann).