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. She is currently working on a chapbook about trauma, recovery, and the messiness of ordinary life.
Select Publications
to a barrier island: :(anthropocene)
In the Beginning
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)