Anya Groner’s essays and stories can be read in magazines including The Atlantic, The Oxford American, The New York Times, and Orion Magazine. Her writing has been recognized by Best American Short Stories, Best American Travel Writing and Best American Science Writing and she’s been awarded grants from Studio in the Woods, The Virginia Center for Creative Arts and the Louisiana Board of Regents. Currently, she’s at work Plot of Land, a podcast from Monument Lab.  In 2017, she helped co-found the New Orleans Writers Workshop, where she continues to teach.