Leila Einhorn lives and writes in Fort Collins, Colorado. Raised in the Philadelphia suburbs, she received a B.A. in Creative Writing and Women’s Studies from Brandeis University, where she translated a collection of Yiddish feminist poetry and won the Andrew Grossbardt Memorial Poetry Prize for her original work. Her writing has appeared in Always Crashing, Apricity Press, 8 Poems, and elsewhere. She is a former editorial assistant for the Colorado Review and co-founder of the Philadelphia Free Poetry Workshop in West Philly.
Select Poetry & Prose
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In the Beginning
Select Articles & Criticism
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OnStage Colorado (2024 – Present)
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Collider (2022)
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The Colorado Review (2018)
Honors & Awards
- New Writers Flash Fiction Competition – Shortlisted (2024)
- Oxford Flash Fiction Prize – Longlisted (2024)
- Tremblay Crow Writing Fellowship, Colorado State University (2018)
- Yong Woon Lee Scholarship, Colorado State University (2018)
- Andrew Grossbardt Memorial Poetry Prize, Brandeis University (2012)
- Undergraduate Poetry Prize, Literary Laundry (2011)
- New Jersey Governor’s School of the Arts Fellowship, State of New Jersey (2007)
- New Jersey High School Poetry Contest, Rutgers University & Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival (2007)