Leonora Simonovis

is a Venezuelan American poet, editor and educator. Her debut poetry collection, Study of the Raft, won the 2021 Colorado Prize for Poetry. Her work has appeared in DMQ Review, The Hopper, About Place Journal, River Mouth Review, Verse Daily, and others. She has received support from The Poetry Foundation, VONA, Women Who Submit, and the Vermont Studio Center. Leonora is the Reviews Editor at Ecotheo Review and the Currents Editor at terrain.org. Leo uses she/her pronouns.