Western professor 1 of 7 winners in Washington State Book Awards

Bellingham writer Cori Winrock is one of seven winners of the 2026 Washington State Book Awards. Her book-length essay, “Alterations,” was recognized in the Creative Nonfiction/Memoir Winner category, according to a news release.

Winrock is a poet, multimedia essayist and professor of interactive poetics at Western Washington University. She wrote the first iteration of “Alterations” as an interactive digital piece for Territory Magazine, then adapted it for Transit Book’s “Undelivered Lectures” series.