ARI LAUREL

Ari Laurel is a fiction writer in Seattle who writes about decolonial futures, climate, and the Pacific Northwest. She primarily draws from her experience as a racial justice community organizer in Missoula and a labor organizer in Seattle. Her stories are politically motivated, reflecting a strong current of international solidarity, food sovereignty, land return, and ecological restoration. She has been awarded residencies and fellowships from the Mineral School, Hugo House, Kundiman, PLAYA, and the Seattle Public Library.

Her work has appeared in Ninth Letter, Passages North, Blue Mesa Review, The Conium Review and more. Her short story “Farewell Address to the Last Mango in the Pacific Northwest” won first place in Blue Mesa Review’s 2021 Summer Fiction contest. Her short story “Cascadia Farming Fable” was shortlisted for the 2025 Letter Review Unpublished Books prize. Both stories are currently part of a larger project.