Violeta Garcia-Mendoza is the author of Songs for the Land-Bound  (June Road Press, 2024)— a 2025 National Indie Excellence Award finalist, 2025 Eric Hoffer Award honorable mention, and 2025 First Horizon Award finalist. In 2022, she received a grant from the Sustainable Arts Foundation for her poetry. Violeta’s work has appeared in Sugar House Review, The Dodge, RHINO, SWWIM, Psaltery & Lyre, and elsewhere. Her poem “Hiking Moraine State Park” was recently featured on an episode of The Slowdown, chosen by Maggie Smith. Violeta lives with her family on a small certified wildlife habitat in suburban western Pennsylvania. 

Violeta is available for in-person and virtual readings, workshops, and other literary events.  Please contact her here for booking.