Viktoria Valenzuela

Poet

San Antonio, TX
Texas US
Email: 
viktoriavalenzuela@yahoo.com
Website: 
www.facebook.com/viktoria.valenz…

Author's Bio

Viktoria Valenzuela is a Chicana M(other)writer and editor with fibromyalgia and PTSD whose work is anthologized in books such as Puro Chicanx Writers of the 21st Century as well as various journals virtually and worldwide. Valenzuela is the associate publisher for Conocimientos Press in San Antonio, Texas. 

Writers Retreats: 
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair
Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference
Macondo Writers Workshop
Poetry at Round Top Festival

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
CONTRA: TEXAS POETS SPEAK OUT (FlowerSong Press, 2020)
,
Puro Chicanx Writers of the 21st Century (Cutthroat: A Journal of the Arts, 2020)
,
We Are Not Your Metaphor: A Disability Poetry Anthology (Squares & Rebels, 2019)
Journals:
Big Bridge
,
Mutha Magazine
,
Poetry Bay
,
Wordgathering: A Disability Journal
Prizes won: 

Desert Nights Rising Stars Teaching Fellowship (2023)

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Disabled, LGBTQ, Mexican American, Native American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, Disability, LGBTQ, Seniors, Women
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
TX
Texas
Raised in: 
Hannibal, NY
New York
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Last update: Sep 19, 2024