Svetlana Litvinchuk holds a double degree in Foreign Language and Literature and International Studies from University of New Mexico. She is the author of a debut poetry chapbook, Only a Season (Bottlecap Features, 2024). Her work has received multiple nominations for Pushcart and Best of the Net and has appeared or is forthcoming in Apple Valley Review, Astrolabe, Sky Island Journal, Plant-Human Quarterly, ONE ART, Willows Wept, Arkana, Union Spring Review, New Verse News, Merion West, Propagate: Fruits from the Garden Anyhology, Black Coffee Review, and elsewhere. Originally from Kyiv, Ukraine, she now lives with her husband and daughter in Cape Girardeau, MO. She is passionate about nature and the Earth, wild spaces and sustainable agriculture. She is the Reviews Editor with ONLY POEMS and guest Editor with Rockvale Review for 2025, issues 14 & 15. Her first full-length poetry collection is due out in May 2026.