Mollie O’Leary (b. 1995) is a poet from Massachusetts, now living in Vermont. She holds a B.A. in English and Philosophy from Kenyon College and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Washington. Mollie’s chapbook The Forgetting Curve was published in 2023 through Poetry Online’s chapbook series.

A finalist for the National Poetry Series, The Perugia Press Prize, the Idaho Prize for Poetry, the Lightscatter Press Prize, and the Ghost Peach Press Prize, Mollie is at work on her first full-length poetry collection. Her poems have appeared in McNeese Review, Chestnut Review, wildness and elsewhere.

Mollie has received fellowships from Tin House and The Fine Arts Work Center; she has also attended artist residencies in Mexico, Italy, and Norway.