Leonora Simonovis

Leonora Simonovis is a Venezuelan American poet, educator, and scholar. She earned a PhD in Hispanic literatures from Washington University in St. Louis and an MFA in creative writing from Antioch University, Los Angeles. Her poetry has received Pushcart and Best of the Net nominations and her debut poetry manuscript, Study of the Raft, was selected by Sherwin Bitsui as the winner of the 2021 Colorado Prize for Poetry. Her work can be found in Gargoyle, Kweli Journal, The American Journal of Poetry, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, The Rumpus, Inverted Syntax, Arkansas International, and Diode Poetry Journal, among others.

Simonovis teaches Latin American and Caribbean literature and creative writing at the University of San Diego. In 2022, she was a poet contributor to the Poetry & Practice series.