Karyna McGlynn is an American poet. She has released several chapbooks, including Juicy, Lindy Alone, Mint Jelly, A Walk in the Park, Bone Structure, Tango the Green Tiger, The July Poems, Wintering, and most recently, The Strawberry Coats. She has also released a CD of her spoken-word with music entitled Unsuitable.

Born in Austin, Texas, Karyna first became popular as a performance poet in the poetry slam scene in the late 1990s, regularly performing at the famous Electric Lounge and wowing crowds at South-by-Southwest . She was a member of the 1998 and 1999 National Poetry Slam teams from Austin. Two of her signature pieces from that time ("Fat Artists" and "Thong Underwear Poem") are included on the compilation CD Tina's Fine-Ass Lingerie.

In 2000, Karyna moved to Seattle to study musical theatre at Cornish College of the Arts. In 2002, she coached the Seattle slam team to a spot on the NPS finals stage. She was a Seattle team member in 2003.

Winner of the 2004 Bart Baxter Award for Poetry in Performance and the 2004 Superbowl of Poetry, Karyna is a three-time 2005 Pushcart Prize nominee. She currently attends the Creative Writing Program at Seattle University. She was recently featured in Rhapsodists, a documentary film about women performance poets.

Her work has appeared many journals and anthologies, including Rosebud, Cimarron Review, Worcester Review, Midwest Quarterly, Poetry Salzburg Review, Wisconsin Review, Good Foot Magazine, Porcupine Literary Arts Magazine, DMQ Review, Big Bridge, Connecticut Review, Absinthe Literary Review, and Can We Have Our Ball Back?.

Her website is http://www.karynamcglynn.com