Diana Whitney is a queer writer & educator embracing a fierce belief in the power of poetry as a means of connection to self and others. She is the editor of the bestselling anthology YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE EVERYTHING: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves, winner of the Claudia Lewis Award and a Nautilus award. Her essays, poems, and criticism have appeared in the New York Times, the Kenyon Review, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Rumpus, and many more.

Diana's first book, WANTING IT, won the Rubery Book Award in poetry, and her second collection, DARK BEDS, was a finalist for the Poetry Society of Virginia’s North American Book Award. Her third collection, GIRL TROUBLE, a wild ode to raising girls, surviving rape culture, and excavating female adolescence–was released by Cavankerry Press in 2026.

A feminist activist in her Vermont hometown and beyond, Diana advocates for survivors of sexual violence and works as a community organizer for a rural LGBTQ+ nonprofit.