about eileen

Eileen Porzuczek is a creative writer, artist, and professional storyteller in Greater Indianapolis. She is the author of the poetry collection Memento Mori: A Poetic Memoir in Three Parts (Finishing Line Press, 2025), and her poetry will be in White Winged Doves: A Stevie Nicks Poetry Anthology (Madville Publishing, 2026). Eileen’s poems also appear in So It Goes: The Journal of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library, Creation Magazine, New Plains Review, The Raven Review, in parentheses, the Tulsa Review, Sheepshead Review, and more.

Eileen has worked with Ball State University and the Indiana Writers Center to bring community memoirs to life through creative writing. Some of the memoir anthologies she’s worked on include #KeepMuncieWeird…AndWhimsical!, Grit, Grace, and Gratitude: Senior Citizen Sage Stories, and multiple editions of I Remember: Indianapolis Youth Write About Their Lives. This work has allowed her to present at conferences nationally and globally.

Eileen has a B.A. in English—with concentrations in creative writing and professional writing—and an M.A. in Emerging Media Design and Development—with concentrations in design thinking, transmedia storytelling, user experience, and user interaction—from Ball State University. In everything she does, she always seeks meaningful experiences.

Eileen is grateful to have the opportunity to continue sharing her writing, stories, and poetry with the world. In her free time, she enjoys reading, painting, playing cards, listening to live music, and spending time with friends, family, her partner, and rescue Goldendoodle.