Molly Akin is a writer based in coastal Massachusetts. A Kansas City native, she explored the world as an ‘unschooled’ teenager before earning a BFA from School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. Thanks to a scholarship for City of Cambridge employees, she earned an MA from Harvard University Extension School and cross-registered at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Molly was awarded an Honorable Mention in TulipTree Review’s 2023 Wild Woman Story Contest and her work is included in the print edition. In 2023 she won a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council to support work on her first poetry collection. In 2024, she was awarded funding as a FAWC Scholar for a weeklong workshop with Kimiko Hahn at Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA.
An experienced cultural worker, Molly led public relations at Cambridge Arts Council, co-directed a free public lecture series, Catalyst Conversations, and co-developed strategic plans for the city of Chelsea, MA, and FOR-SITE, San Fransisco, CA.
