Eric Yip is from Hong Kong. In 2021 he won the National Poetry Competition, and in 2025 he received an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors. He has also been shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem and the Michael Marks Poetry Award.

He is the author of the poetry pamphlet Exposure. His writing has appeared in Oxford Poetry, Poetry London, The Poetry Review, and Poets & Writers. He has performed readings in the UK and in Hong Kong and is the poetry editor at Cha. He lives in London.