Won Lee

Poet & Essayist

Korean-American writer with a focus on medical subjects

Selected Work

Poetry“Limit” and “Metaphors," Tyger Quarterly (2025)“Stage IV,” Bellevue Literary Review (2025)Nonfiction“Running Deep,” Bellevue Literary Review Nonfiction Prize (2026)Reviews“The Years of Blood,” TriQuarterly (2025)

About

Won Lee is a gyopo writer and Litowitz MFA+MA student living in Chicago. His poems appear in Bellevue Literary Review, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Tyger Quarterly, and elsewhere. He received the 2026 Bellevue Literary Review Nonfiction Prize, and his poetry criticism appears in Bear Review and TriQuarterly. He has received support from the Sewanee Writers Conference.

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