Kalehua Kim

Kalehua Kim is a Native Hawaiian poet based in the Pacific Northwest, with Hawaiian, Chinese, Filipino and Portuguese ancestry that shapes much of her work. Her poems have appeared in Poetry Northwest, Denver Quarterly, Calyx and 'Ōiwi, A Native Hawaiian Journal. She won the James Welch Prize for Indigenous Poets in 2023 and is pursuing an MFA at Pacific Lutheran University's Rainier Writing Workshop. Her debut poetry collection, Mele, was published by Trio House Press in 2025 after winning its Editors Choice Prize.