Leila Einhorn is a poet and prose writer whose work explores memory, recovery, and the quiet ruptures of ordinary life. Raised in the Philadelphia suburbs, she has lived, traveled, and written around the world, and now makes her home in Fort Collins, Colorado with her partner and dog. Her work has appeared in Always Crashing, Apricity Press, 8 Poems, and elsewhere. She is a former editorial assistant for the Colorado Review, co-founder of the Philadelphia Free Poetry Workshop in West Philly, and member of the GuloGulo Poetry Collective.
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)