Derek Chan is a writer and educator from Melbourne, Australia. He is an MFA graduate of Cornell University, where he was a university fellow, an editor of EPOCH journal, and a two-time recipient of the Corson-Browning Poetry Prize. Additionally, he holds a First-Class Honors in Literary Studies and Psychology from Monash University, where he received the Arthur Brown Thesis Prize. He is currently a lecturer at Cornell University, where he teaches creative writing and academic composition. 

His work has appeared or is forthcoming in New England Review, Best of Australian Poems, Australian Book Review, Poetry London, Oxford Poetry, and elsewhere. He was a finalist for the Forward Prize in the Best Single Written Poem category, and has been recognized for awards and nominations in Adroit Journal, Frontier Poetry, Best New Poets, and Palette Poetry. He has also received fellowships or support from venues such as Vermont Studio Center, Tin House, and Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA).