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 Alaska Quarterly Review, RHINO, Sugar House Review, EcoTheo, The Slowdown, and elsewhere. She 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.