Adam Swanson

Adam Swanson is a writer, editor, and suicidologist. His work has appeared in Oprah Daily, The Washington Post, Khôra, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. He’s received fellowships from the Creative Writing Program at Emerson College, Writing by Writers, and Lambda Literary. In 2024, Adam was named the inaugural literary arts fellow at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology. A Pushcart Prize nominee, Adam has also held artist-in-residence positions with Writing by Writers in Colorado and the Sitka Center in Oregon.

Professionally, Adam is the senior technical assistance and state partnerships advisor with the Suicide Prevention Resource Center at EDC, a global nonprofit advancing health, education, and economic opportunity initiatives. He is also a coach for the Equity-Grounded Leadership Fellow Program at The College for Behavioral Health Leadership, and for several years, he served on the 988 Lifeline’s Lived Experience Advisory Committee. His other past roles include positions with the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, Mental Health America, and the United States Senate.

Adam studied sociology at Western Kentucky University and earned a master’s degree in public policy from George Mason University. In 2018, he completed the LGBT Health Policy and Practice Graduate Certificate Program at George Washington University, where he received the AIDS Healthcare Foundation student award.

He is currently a Master of Fine Arts candidate in creative writing at Emerson College.