Wilson Leon Blanchar, poeta guajiro entre los poetas del 19º Festival Internacional de Poesía del Valle del Río Grande VIPF 2026

 El Festival Internacional de Poesía del Valle del Río Grande (RGVIPF) se celebra cada primavera en la frontera entre EE. UU. y México, reuniendo a poetas internacionales para celebrar la poesía y la cultura local en la zona de "borderlands". Este encuentro cuenta con lecturas, talleres y eventos, destacando la presentación de la antología.

Wilson rafael León Blanchar: Pedagogo y destacado Ingeniero Industrial, egresado de la Universidad de La Guajira. Es un apasionado por la educación y el medio ambiente. Complementó su formación con una Especialización en Educación Ambiental, de la Universidad Industrial de Santander y un Diplomado en Educación a Distancia en la Universidad San Martín.

Con más de 25 años de trayectoria como catedrático universitario en Uniguajira, ha dedicado su vida a formar generaciones y a fomentar el pensamiento crítico.

Como maestro en los colegios Divina Pastora y Sagrada Familia de Riohacha, ha dejado una huella significativa en la educación básica y media.

Su compromiso con la sostenibilidad se evidencia en su labor como Profesional Especializado en Corpoguajira, donde trabajó durante 25 años impulsando iniciativas ambientales en la región.

Su libro

Una vida y mil anécdotas: Volumen I

Anécdotas

El autor dice que este libro no es simplemente una colección de relatos. Que es un eco resonante de las innumerables historias que pueblan el universo. Son 48 páginas

LOS POETAS EN EL EVETO DE ESTE 2026

Fizza Abbas es periodista, poeta, autor y guionista cuyo trabajo ha aparecido en más de 100 revistas literarias internacionales, incluyendo Diode, Beltway Poetry Quarterly y London Grip. Ganó el Concurso de Waterford en 2025 y fue finalista del Concurso Internacional de Poesía Oxford Brookes (2021). Es autora de los chapbooks Bakho y Ool Jalool.

Amanda Adams es una escritora en recuperación cuyo trabajo reflexiona sobre la supervivencia, el despertar y la gratitud. Superviviente tras un trasplante, escribe sobre encontrar la luz tras la oscuridad y afrontar la vida con una perspectiva renovada.

Azalea Aguilar es una poeta chicana del sur de Texas cuya obra lleva los aromas del Golfo y los ecos de la memoria de la infancia. Su poesía explora la maternidad, el trauma y la resiliencia que se encuentra en los espacios moldeados por la supervivencia. Su trabajo ha aparecido en Angel City Review, The Skinny Poetry Journal, The Acentos Review y Somos en Escrito.

Naomi Alegre es una poeta mexicoamericana nacida y criada en Brownsville, Texas. Alegre trabaja como Asociado Editorial para una plataforma multimedia. Alegre espera algún día convertir la poesía en su trabajo a tiempo completo. 

Roxana Arroyo es una poeta mexicana. Ha publicado su trabajo en varias revistas y tres antologías por todo el país. Su primera colección de poesía se publicará próximamente bajo un proyecto editorial independiente con sede en Ciudad de México.

Andrea Arzaba (México, 1989) es una periodista y escritora bilingüe. Posee un máster en Estudios Latinoamericanos por la Universidad de Georgetown y un diploma en Escritura Creativa por la UNAM. Fue seleccionada para la Residencia de Escritores Under the Volcano en Tepoztlán. Su trabajo aparece en Casapaís, Palabra y Nat Geo Traveler.

Dilnoza Azizova es escritora y profesora de la región de Fergana, en Uzbekistán. Nació en el distrito de Bagdad y se graduó en el Instituto Pedagógico de Kokand. Enseña en el Instituto Politécnico de Fergana y es autora de varios libros, entre ellos Little Angel, Joy, Hot Bread, Famous Work, Bird Who Read Many Books y Sweet Tea.

Tras una carrera docente de 25 años, Sara Etgen-Baker comenzó a perseguir sus sueños de escribir de toda la vida. Es autora de la colección de viñetas de memorias Shoebox Stories, la colección de poesía Kaleidoscopic Verses y la novela Secrets at Dillehay Crossing. Su trabajo ha aparecido en Good Old Days Magazine, Guideposts y Chicken Soup for the Soul.

Crischelle I. Navalta Barnes es una poeta y educadora ilocana nacida en Nueva Vizcaya y criada en Baguio City, Filipinas, y Minneapolis, Minnesota. Su escritura explora la identidad, el lugar, la naturaleza y la autobiografía. Vive en Edinburg, Texas, con su marido e hijos.

Glory Barnes (8 años) es la poeta más joven incluida en esta antología. Su creatividad e imaginación brillan en su poesía, y nos sentimos honrados de compartir su obra.

Nayanjyoti Baruah es poeta y profesora de Assam, India. Sus poemas han aparecido en revistas nacionales e internacionales como Rasa Literary Review, The Journal of Undiscovered Poets, Libretto Magazine y Otherwise Engaged. Su trabajo también ha aparecido en periódicos locales como GPlus. Ha coescrito varias antologías.

Victor Benavides es escritor y profesor de inglés originario de las zonas fronterizas del sur de Texas. Enseña inglés en secundaria, Doble Matrícula y Preparación Universitaria en Port Isabel, Texas. Su trabajo ha aparecido en Boundless: The Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival Anthology 2025.

Dario Beníquez creció en Far Rockaway, Nueva York, y vive en San Antonio, Texas. Poeta e ingeniero, posee un MFA en Escritura Creativa por el Vermont College of Fine Arts. Dirigió durante muchos años el Gemini Ink Writers' Open Workshop y actualmente facilita grupos de poesía en San Antonio. Su trabajo aparece en revistas como Rio Grande Review y Big Read Zine. Es autor de Zone of Silence.

Wilson Rafael León Blanchar es un escritor, ingeniero industrial y educador colombiano. Es autor de Una vida y mil anécdotas (Vol. 1) y está preparando la publicación del Vol. 2. Su escritura combina memoria, humor y sensibilidad poética para explorar las conexiones humanas, el tiempo y la experiencia vivida.

Wilson Rafael León Blanchar es un escritor colombiano, ingeniero industrial y educador. Es autor de Una vida y mil anécdotas (Vol. 1) y tiene próxima la publicación del Vol. 2. Su escritura une memoria, humor y sensibilidad poética para explorar los vínculos humanos, el tiempo y la experiencia vital.

Julie Brandon es poeta, dramaturga y escritora de relatos cortos. Su trabajo ha aparecido en Bewildering Stories, Detangled Brain, Altered Reality, Witcraft, Mini Plays Magazine, The Writers' Journal y Verseve Poetry, entre otros. Sus obras han sido producidas en Estados Unidos y Reino Unido y han aparecido en podcasts, incluyendo Theatrical Shenanigans. Su colección de poesía My Tears, Like Rain se publicó en 2024.

Corbett Buchly ha publicado poemas en más de treinta y cinco revistas, incluyendo Rio Grande Review, Plainsongs, Black Manifold, SLAB y Barrow Street. Es exalumno de la Texas Christian University y del Programa de Escritura Profesional de la Universidad del Sur de California. Vive en el noreste de Texas.

Natividad Sergia Domech Cárdenas (La Habana, 1959) es doctora en Ciencias Veterinarias y escritora de poesía y cuentos para niños y adultos. Sus poemas han sido publicados en revistas y antologías nacionales e internacionales, entre ellas Como cada jueves, de la Fundación Nicolás Guillén. Ha participado en festivales internacionales de poesía y ha recibido premios como Rafaela Chacón Nardi (2008), Farraluque (2011) y el Premio Mundial Nosside Caribe (Italia, 2013).

Paola Carrasco, originally from Ecuador, lives in the Rio Grande Valley along the U.S.–Mexico border. A pediatrician with a passion for global health, she founded the RGV Women Poet Society, a community of poets supporting one another’s writing and outreach. Her work appears in Praisesong for the People, Scribbled, and Letras en la Frontera.

Aldo Cristian Méndez Castillo (Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí, 1980) writes poetry in Spanish and English. His work has appeared in numerous anthologies, including Boundless (2023–2025), Amor y Desamor, Locos contadores de historias, and Poetas mexicanos.

Bidisha Chakraborty is a postgraduate student of English Language and Literature at the University of Calcutta. She holds a B.Ed degree and has published and presented research on Italian literature. Her current academic interests include neuroplasticity and literary studies, and she hopes to pursue doctoral research in Italian literature.

Sammy Jo Cienfuegos has her roots in Brownsville, Texas. She received her BA from St. Edward’s University and works as a journalist, editor, and grant consultant. A writer and lover of stories, she enjoys reading, practicing yoga, and adventuring with her dog, Ollie.

Arturo Cortez Jr. is a border-town poet whose work explores peer pressure, identity, recurring dreams, cults, old-time favorites, and legends such as El Chupacabras. His poetry has appeared in the Boundless anthologies (2024, 2025). His self-published book Curfew is available on the Poetizer app.

PW Covington is the New Mexico Beat Poet Laureate (2024–2026) for the National Beat Poetry Foundation. He has presented his work from San Francisco’s Beat Museum to the Havana International Poetry Festival in Cuba and is a past VIPF featured poet. He is the founder of Hercules Publishing and lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Linda M. Crate (she/her) is a Pennsylvanian writer whose poetry, short stories, articles, and reviews have appeared in numerous magazines both online and in print. She has published fifteen chapbooks, the latest being not your piñata (Alien Buddha Publishing, June 2025).

Doug Croft writes poetry and essays. His work has appeared in anthologies and literary journals. His first full-length poetry collection, Exposed Roots, was published in 2023. He lives in North Carolina, where he enjoys family, nature, music, and traveling to see his favorite rock and roll bands.

Christopher Dabrowski is a writer and screenwriter whose work has appeared in thousands of publications worldwide. He is the author of numerous books, including Escape, Anomaly, and A Monster Pretending to Be Human. His stories have inspired several international film adaptations, and his screenplays have received awards at film and writing festivals.

Vito del Valle is a Chicano writer and musician from Donna, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley. His work has appeared in Boundless Anthology (2022–2025), The Northwind Treasury (2023), Writer’s Block (South Texas College), and Interstice.

Kim Denning is a Latina poet from Texas who practices curanderismo in the footsteps of her ancestral abuelas. Her poetry has appeared in various online and print publications. Her work explores growing up on the border, heartache, and unapologetic feminist strength.

Camila Elizondo is an eighth-grade student from the Rio Grande Valley who enjoys writing poetry and practicing for UIL competitions.

Amanda Puryear El is a Texas-based spoken-word poet, recording artist, and cultural advocate whose work centers on emotional truth, storytelling, and lived experience. She is the first Poet Laureate of Pharr, Texas. Her Grammy-considered album Daily Dosage brought national recognition to her ability to transform personal narratives into resonant, universal reflections.

Kelly Ann Ellis is the co-founder of hotpoet, Inc., a literary nonprofit, managing editor of its arts journal Equinox, and author of the poetry collection The Hungry Ghost Diner (Lamar University Literary Press, 2023). She lives and works in Houston, Texas.

Anne Estevis, a native Texan, writes poetry, memoir, and fiction. She and her granddaughter Alyssa Canul co-authored Tattoos and Old Lace, a collection of their poems. Estevis is retired from the University of Texas System.

Kevin Adam Flores is a Hispanic American poet whose work has appeared in Boundless, The Twin Bill, The Hole in the Head Review, Superpresent, and Fleas on the Dog. His book Bittersweet Borderline is forthcoming in 2026. He lives in South Texas.

Luis Enrique Flores is a borderlander, bilingual and bicultural mental health professional, and writer who has lived on both sides of the Texas–Mexico border. His work reflects a unique perspective on the people, culture, and challenges of this often misunderstood region.

Madina Furkatova is a polyglot poet and published author from Samarkand, Uzbekistan, who speaks five languages. She founded the Community Changers club and the LingvoKino website project. A student at the Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages, she serves as a coordinator in the Uzbekistan Youth Union.

Barbara Anna Gaiardoni is an Italian pedagogist and author. Her Japanese-style poetry has appeared in more than 260 international journals and has been translated into twelve languages. She has received numerous national and international literary awards. Her work can be found online at her author website.

Imelda Zapata Garcia is a lifelong activist and founding member of the Chicano Arts Theater of San Antonio. She is the author of several poetry collections, including Cielitos (2005), Cielitos Within the Ether (2023), and Beyond the Pyre (2023), with Viva Voce forthcoming in 2026. Her poetry has appeared in anthologies in the United States and abroad.

Immanuel A. Garcia is a queer Latino spoken word artist based in Lewisville, Texas. He is the author of two full-length poetry collections, Pèace De Résistance (2017) and Under Wannabe Moonlight (2024), and the forthcoming chapbook Purple-Eyed Heirlooms, selected in the 2025 William D. Barney Chapbook Contest.

Magaly Garcia (@ofcatandcacti) received an MFA in Writing & Publishing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and writes horror and poetry in South Texas. Her work has appeared in Fantasy Magazine, Halloweenthology: Día de Muertos, and Blink of an Eye.

Gabriella Garofalo, born in Italy several decades ago, fell in love with the English language at age six and began writing poetry the same year. She is the author of several books, including Lo sguardo di Orfeo, L’inverno di vetro, Casa di erba, Blue Branches, A Blue Soul, and After the Blue Rush.

Erika Elisa Garza is an actress, educator, and poet from Ciudad Mier, Tamaulipas, México. She holds a Master of Arts in Spanish and is the author of Con alas de mariposa. Her work has appeared in multiple international anthologies. In 2024, she served as one of the editors of Boundless.

Lí Jett Garza is a two-time published poet who has been writing for three years. Their interests include astronomy, environmental preservation, illustration, and studying Latin.

Luis Omar Garza is a high school English teacher with 25 years of experience. He holds a BA in English Literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, specializing in Medieval English Literature. He is also a musician who plays piano and guitar and enjoys the outdoors and martial arts.

Cynthia Gabriela Ortegon Gonzalez is a Mexican-born writer and educator whose work explores migration, resilience, identity, and healing. She immigrated to the United States with her mother and was raised in the American school system. She teaches English at San Benito CISD and discovered her passion for writing at Texas Southmost College. Her poem “Bruises” appeared in The Gallery Magazine at UTRGV.

Edward K. Gonzales was born in Northeast Los Angeles and now lives in El Paso, Texas. His work has appeared in several journals, including the Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival Anthology. A lifelong writer of journals and prose, he reads at Barbed Wire open mics and is active in several poetry groups.

Joann González is a Texas-based writer and artist who sees writing as a way to understand and share life’s experiences. Through poetry and storytelling, she hopes readers find pieces of themselves within her worker. Today, she combines filmmaking and poetry to express her unique approach to storytelling.

John Grey is an Australian poet living in the United States. His work has recently appeared in Shift, River and South, and Flights. His latest books include Bittersweet, Subject Matters, and Between Two Fires. New work is forthcoming in Rush, Writer’s Block, and Trampoline.

Gábor G. Gyukics (b. 1958) is a Hungarian poet, jazz poet, and literary translator born in Budapest. He is the author of eleven books of poetry in Hungarian, English, Arabic, Czech, and Bulgarian, as well as numerous translations. His work has appeared in hundreds of journals and anthologies worldwide. In 2020 he received the Hungary Beat Poet Laureate Lifetime Award.

Hussein Habasch is a poet from Kurdistan whose books and poems have been translated into many languages. His work has appeared in more than 200 international anthologies. He is the author and translator of about twenty books, has participated in numerous international poetry festivals, and has received several Kurdish and international literary awards.

Jean Hackett is a poet, educator, and naturalist who splits her time between San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country. Her poetry has appeared in journals including Voices de la Luna, Langdon Review, Ocotillo Review, and The Windward Review. Her first chapbook, Masked/Unmuted, was published in 2021.

Ken Hada is the author of Visions for the Night (Turning Plow Press, 2025). His previous books have received awards from the National Western Heritage Museum, the SCMLA Poetry Prize, and the Oklahoma Center for the Book. More at kenhada.org.

Jim LaVilla-Havelin is a poet, editor, and community arts activist in San Antonio. Coordinator for National Poetry Month in the city, he is the author of eight poetry collections, including Mesquites Teach Us to Bend (Lamar University Press, 2025) and A Thoreau Book (Alabrava Press, 2025). Literary Executor for the estate of Rosemary Catacalos, he co-edited Rosemary Catacalos: On the Life and Work of an American Master for the Unsung Masters Series (University of Houston). He is a 2026 distinguished member of the Texas Institute of Letters.

A.M. Hayden is an award-winning professor of Humanities, Philosophy, and World Religions and served as Poet Laureate for Sinclair College from 2021–2025. A two-time Pushcart Prize nominee and River Heron Review Editors’ Choice winner, she lives on a windy little farm with her family and rescued animals, including their pup Vinny Valentine and a three-legged goat named Old Man Jenkins.

Jesse G. Herrera is a poet from Laredo, Texas, originally born in San Antonio. A retired UPS Teamster driver, he began writing poetry in 1999 in Professor Randy Koch’s creative writing class. Influenced by poet Trinidad “Trino” Sánchez Jr., Herrera believes poetry is a calling, not a profession.

Elsa Martinez Hinojosa was born and raised in Chicago and has lived in Texas since 1977. A retired high school teacher of 34 years, she is also a children’s book author and illustrator. Her book Las Cabañuelas: An Ancient Weather Prediction and Farming Story won the Mariposa Award for Best New Author in Spanish at the 2025 International Latino Book Awards.

Elsa Martínez Hinojosa nació y creció en Chicago y vive en Texas desde 1977. Fue maestra de secundaria durante 34 años. También es autora e ilustradora del libro infantil Las Cabañuelas: An Ancient Weather Prediction and Farming Story, ganador del Premio Mariposa a Mejor Autora Nueva en Español en los International Latino Book Awards 2025.

Robert Allen Hinojosa is a Brownsville transplant who has fallen in love with the Rio Grande Valley. His poetry has appeared in Interstice, Resilience en el Valle, and other publications. He served as art director for the former UTRGV literary journal The Chachalaca Review. When not reading or writing poetry, he enjoys restoring old cars.

Andrea Hernández Holm is from Arizona, with family roots in Northern Mexico and Texas. Her writing explores relationships with land, community, and family across the U.S.–Mexico Borderlands. Her first book, Not Enough, Too Much (FlowerSong Press, 2024), has been followed by publications in Somos Xicanas, La Raíz, and Beyond Borders Literary Review. She is a professional writing consultant.

Brian L. Jacobs, PhD, is a poet and editor of Tofu Ink Arts Press. Raised in Southern California, he has taught English and Humanities in K–12 and college settings for more than thirty-five years. He studied at Naropa University, where he assisted poets Allen Ginsberg and Julie Patton. His work has appeared in numerous journals, including The Bangalore Review, Shiela-Na-Gig, Sunspot Lit, and The South Florida Poetry Journal. His latest book is Homocaust.

Josiah Jack Kalian is a wandering poet who has traveled across 40 U.S. states and 21 countries while serving as a search and rescue diver, Army combat medic, and student of life. His work is forthcoming in Perseverance & Resilience (Poetry Society of Virginia, 2026), edited by Virginia Poet Laureate Dr. Mattie Quesenberry Smith.

Dan MBO KUBA is a contributing editor with a background in finance and development. He works as a freelance SEO writer for various organizations and has authored several books and articles, including work published in Revue Avenir and Revue of Digitalization and Management. He has been active as an author since 2016.

Lamar Jones is an Emmy-nominated recording artist, entrepreneur, and author whose work bridges music, storytelling, and culture. He is the founder of The Jank Gourmet BBQ Sauce, an award-winning brand recognized by H-E-B and now featured in select Walmart stores. Through his writing and creative work, Jones often explores themes of perseverance, community, and purpose. A proud father and storyteller, he continues to inspire others through music, business, and the written word.

D.L. Lang served as the poet laureate of Vallejo, California from 2017 to 2019. An internationally published poet, D.L. Lang’s poetry has been anthologized in over 95 titles worldwide. She is the author of 18 poetry books. 

Viorica Laurent, born in Romania and now residing in France, is the author of more than thirty books, including seven published in Romania this year.

Felicia Lopez is an award-winning Rio Grande Valley author born in McAllen and raised in Edinburg, now living in Corpus Christi, Texas. Her writing focuses on storytelling that inspires others through shared experiences. Her debut book is In Space and Time.

Eloísa Pérez-Lozano writes poems and essays about Mexican-American identity, women’s issues, and motherhood. A Best of the Net-nominated writer, her work has been featured in The Texas Observer, Houston Chronicle, and MUTHA Magazine, among others. She lives with her family in Houston, Texas.

Alixia Mexa (Cd. Jiménez, Chihuahua) escribe ensayo, poesía histórica, autobiografía y cuento. Recibió el galardón Chihuahuense Destacada en Literatura y Letras. Es autora de Rosa de arena, Villa: el poder intangible, Mujeres Calipso y Decem Chartam. Sus textos han sido publicados en revistas y antologías de México, Estados Unidos y varios países de América Latina y Europa. Es cofundadora del grupo cultural Dulcinea Editoras.

Daniel Miltz, a native of South Detroit, Michigan, lives in Hampstead, New Hampshire. A freelance writer and poet, he spent 40 years as a Mechanical Engineering Designer working on government aerospace programs. His work has appeared in more than 250 anthologies, and he is the author of two books. His poetry reflects the influence of the Beat Generation and explores memory, identity, and human experience.

Victoria Montes is a playwright, writer, and award-winning poet from Seattle, Washington, now living in South Texas. She was a featured poet at the 2025 Valley International Poetry Festival. Her work appears in Boundless 2025, and she is the author of the poetry collection A Life Told Through Poetry.

Masiel Montserrat is a Mexican poet and cultural promoter based in California. She holds an MA in Hispanic Literature and Linguistics and has received the Juana Goergen Poetry Prize, the Golden Eagle World Award for Humanist Excellence, and the César Vallejo Notas Migratorias Prize. Her work explores memory, migration, language, and tenderness as resistance.

Erika Rebeca Rodríguez Moreno is a Mexican poet whose work explores memory, loss, power, and emotional rupture through lyrical and symbolic language. Her writing weaves intimate experience with social reflection. She is currently developing the poetic project Voces Silenciadas.

Sittara Muneer is a BS English Literature student at Lahore College for Women University in Lahore. She hopes to pursue a career in creative writing.

Tom Murphy is a road poet and short fiction writer who served as Corpus Christi Poet Laureate (2021–2022). His books include where does love go (2026), When I Wear Bob Kaufman’s Eyes (2022), Snake Woman Moon (2021), Pearl (2020), and American History (2017). He has attended the VIPF since 2018.

Gabriel González Núñez is a professor of Translation at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He is the author of twelve children’s books published by Penguin Uruguay (2019–2024), the novel La dama errante en la ciudad del fin del mundo (Ulterior Editorial, 2025), the short story collection Rumbos (Jade Publishing, 2021), and the poetry collection Ese golpe de luz (FlowerSong Press, 2020). He is originally from Uruguay.

Gabriel González Núñez es profesor titular de Traducción en la Universidad de Texas en el Valle del Río Grande. Es autor de doce libros infantiles publicados por Penguin Uruguay (2019–2024), la novela La dama errante en la ciudad del fin del mundo (Ulterior Editorial, 2025), el libro de cuentos Rumbos (Jade Publishing, 2021) y el poemario Ese golpe de luz (FlowerSong Press, 2020). Es uruguayo.

Joseph C. Ogbonna is a prolific poet from Nigeria whose work has appeared widely in magazines, journals, anthologies, and online publications. His poetry explores themes of migration, religion, nature, love, philosophy, and history. He lives in Enugu, Nigeria.

John Chinaka Onyeche es un escritor nigeriano afincado en Port Harcourt y un historiador de Etche, en el estado de Rivers. Su obra explora la familia, los hogares rotos, la supervivencia y la memoria. Sus escritos han aparecido en revistas como York Literary Review, McNeese Review, Tilted House Journal y Brittle Paper. Ha sido nominado al Best of the Net y al Pushcart Prize.

El ponente de TEDx Daniel García Ordaz, también conocido como El Poeta Mariachi, fue Poeta Laureado de McAllen en 2023 y 2024. Nominado al Premio Pushcart 2018, su trabajo ha sido enseñado y estudiado por académicos en Estados Unidos y en el extranjero. Posee un MFA en Escritura Creativa por la Universidad de Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Michael C. Paul es escritor, ilustrador e historiador que vive en el norte de Virginia con su esposa, su hija y su hijastro.

Laura Peña es una poeta galardonada de Houston, Texas. Tiene una licenciatura en Literatura Inglesa y un máster en Educación, y trabaja como profesora bilingüe primaria y traductora de poesía al español. Su trabajo ha aparecido en revistas impresas y online, y ha participado en el Valley International Poetry Festival, Inprint First Fridays y Public Poetry.

José Antonio Acosta Perea nació en Santiago Tuxtla, Veracruz, México, en el año 2000. Poeta emergente, encuentra en la poesía una forma profunda de expresar emociones, sensibilidad y reflexión. Proveniente de una familia con fuerte inclinación artística, su obra busca conectar la música del lenguaje con la experiencia humana. 

José Antonio Acosta Perea nació en Santiago Tuxtla, Veracruz, México, en el año 2000. Poeta emergente, encuentra en la poesía una forma poderosa de expresar emoción, sensibilidad y reflexión. Proveniente de una familia con fuertes raíces artísticas, su obra busca conectar la música del lenguaje con la experiencia humana.

Dustin Pickering es el fundador de Transcendent Zero Press. Sus escritos han aparecido en Huffington Post, Los Angeles Review, World Literature Today, Asymptote Journal y otras publicaciones. Es autor de varias colecciones de poesía, entre ellas Salt and Sorrow. Entre sus honores se incluyen obtenciones en el premio Erbacce y el reconocimiento del Premio Mundial Rahim Karim.

Armenida Qyqja nació en Tirana, Albania, en 1977 e emigró a Canadá en 1995. Es autora de diez libros de poesía y dos colecciones de relatos cortos. Su libro más reciente es Golden Armor (Transcendent Zero Press, 2025). Fue finalista del 9º Concurso Literario Anual del Adelaide Literary Journal en 2025.

Anushka Rathi es una estudiante de contería colegiada de 20 años que aspira a Contar Colegiada y reside en Navi, Mumbai. Bailarina y artista clásica formada, se expresa a través de la poesía y la danza y disfruta de conversaciones significativas y exploración creativa.

Anthony Ripp es un narrador cuya escritura suele estar marcada por la vida en la carretera y el tiempo pasado en lugares remotos del mundo. Inspirándose en hechos reales, su obra explora la belleza que se encuentra en el lado oxidado de la vida y busca evocar el sentimiento a través de la experiencia vivida.

Marina Rodriguez obtuvo su licenciatura en Filología Inglesa en la University of the Incarnate Word. Es madre de tres hijos y disfruta de la sencilla libertad de ir descalza. La poesía le permite abrazar y expresar su yo más auténtico.

Ramiro Rodríguez (Nuevo Laredo, 1966) es un poeta y escritor mexicano. Recibió el Premio Estatal de Poesía de Tamaulipas (ITCA) y el Premio Estatal de Poesía "Altaír Tejeda de Tamez" en 2008. Sus colecciones de poesía incluyen Íngrima la ciudad, Angahuan, Partituras de insomnio / Partituras from Insomnio y Detente, sombra. También ha publicado ficción y ensayos. 

Linda Feliciana Romero is from Harlingen, Texas. Her work has appeared in Boundless, the Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival anthology; Along the River 2: More Voices from the Rio Grande; Twenty: In Memoriam; and La Bloga. She was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2018. She is a dyslexia therapist and board member of the International Dyslexia Association–Austin Branch.

Alfikri Mirza Rosadi is an Indonesian poet whose work explores family, memory, and the simple moments of everyday life. His poetry reflects personal experience and emotional observation.

Rosalva Ruiz was born in Weslaco, Texas, in 1981. She began writing as a way to express herself and is a member of Códice Colectivo Literario. Her work has appeared in national and international anthologies and literary e-zines. Ruiz serves as the inaugural Poet Laureate of the City of Weslaco.

Yelitza Saenz is a writer from Roma, Texas and a graduate of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, where she studied English with a concentration in Creative Writing and a minor in Mexican American Studies. Her work explores Mexican American literacy, mental health awareness, and memory. Her poetry appears in Borderlands 2023 and she collaborated on the spoken word album Nightly Dosage.

Alejandra “Mera Mera” Sánchez is a bilingual performance poet and visual artist from San Antonio. Her work draws on memory, sensuality, and cultural devotion, exploring the body as a site of language, resistance, and healing. Through poetry and performance, she creates spaces for resilience, ritual, and radical pleasure.

Daniel SanMateo is a poet and writer from Mexico. He is the author of several children’s books, including Luciérnagas en el desierto (Bambú, 2012) and the recent La cumbia de los corazones rotos (Amtalai, 2025).

Michael Shoemaker is a poet, haikuist, photographer, writer, editor and award-winning author from Magna, Utah. He is the author of four poetry/photography collections, including Sky Mountain Rain Stars, a collection of short poems (Kelsay Books, forthcoming 2026.) His poems are in Blue Lake Review, The High Window and Poetry Pacific.

SP Singh is an army veteran, novelist, short story writer, and painter. His debut novel Parrot Under the Pine Tree was shortlisted for the Best Fiction Award at the Gurgaon Literary Festival and nominated at the Valley of Words Literary Festival in 2018. His short story “Palak Dil” won the South Asian Award for Micro Fiction in 2019.

Richard Stimac lives in the St. Louis, Missouri area. He is the author of the poetry collection Bricolage (Spartan Press), two poetry chapbooks, and a flash fiction chapbook. His work explores time and memory through the landscapes and human stories of the St. Louis region.

Susan Beall Summers (Palacios, TX) is a poet whose work centers on observation, place, and lived experience. Her poems explore thresholds between bodies, power, and memory, attending to moments where witness clarifies what is often left unsaid.

Karen Cline-Tardiff has been writing since she could hold a pen. She writes poetry, flash fiction, personal essays, and short stories, and has been widely published in online and print outlets. Born in Texas, she now lives in the mountains of Arkansas. She is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Gnashing Teeth Publishing.

Tezozomoc is a Los Angeles–based Chicano essayist, poet, and activist, and a 2009 Oscar nominee. His work has been published internationally and by Amoxcalli Books (I Am Not Your Chihuahua) and Floricanto Press (Gashes!: Poems and Pain from the Halls of Injustice), which was shortlisted for the Beverly Prize for Literature. He has performed nationally and internationally at virtual readings and open mics.

Gouri Unnikrishnan is a 10th-grade student who lives in Frisco, Texas. She enjoys music, art, and reading poetry and dystopian novels.

Priya Unnikrishnan is a bilingual writer based in Texas, USA. Her poems have appeared in Barcelona Literature, Madras Courier, Cultural Cult, Worlds and Words, Boundless Anthology, Poets for Humanity Anthology, and Otherwise Engaged: A Literature and Arts Journal. She also writes poetry, articles, and stories in her mother tongue, Malayalam.

Brenda Vaca is a Xicana poet, author, and independent publisher from Sejatnga, Unceded Tongva Territory (South Whittier, California). She is the author of Riot of Roses: Poems and the forthcoming Odes y Oraciones (y unas pocas maldiciones). She is the founder of Riot of Roses Publishing House.

Cecilia Marie Valdez is a Weslaco, Texas native. An artist, educator, and writer, her recent work appears in Boundless 2024 and Voices of the Rio Grande Valley: A Creative Nonfiction Anthology, Vol. 2. She and her media naranja, Rudy, make their home in Mission, Texas.

Victor Vasquez, originally from Eagle Pass, Texas, is a former migrant farm worker who navigated poverty, prejudice, and an English-only education. He served in the U.S. Army before earning a degree from the University of Oregon and an MPA from Harvard University. His writing draws on borderlands memory, cultural resilience, and the search for belonging.

Edward Vidaurre was born and raised in Los Angeles and now lives in South Texas. He is the author of ten collections of poetry and works as a publisher and editor with FlowerSong Press. Vidaurre also serves as the Director of Operations for the Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival.

Citlalli Villanueva es escritora y abogada originaria de Veracruz, México. Cursó la Maestría en Bellas Artes en Escritura Creativa en Español en New York University. Su poemario Cinisiomancia fue publicado en abril de 2023. Sus poemas también han aparecido en Periódico de Poesía de la UNAM y en la revista Temporales de NYU.

Citlalli Villanueva is a writer and lawyer from Veracruz, Mexico. She earned an MFA in Creative Writing in Spanish from New York University. Her poetry collection Cinisiomancia was published in April 2023. Her poems have also appeared in Periódico de Poesía (UNAM) and Temporales, NYU’s literary journal.

Trev Wainwright, billed as this anthology’s international guest poet, has appeared in every edition of Boundless since 2012 and has featured at eleven festivals. His poetry captures special moments in rhyme and often reflects the experiences of his travels.

Trier Ward is a mother, poet, and scientist living in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She enjoys wildlife rehabilitation and social activism. Her poetry collection The Art of Escape is available online, and her latest poems are drawn from her forthcoming book Mirrors and Mirages.

Aziza Xasanova was born on October 1, 2004, in Chirchik, Tashkent Region. She is a student at Tashkent University of Economics and Pedagogy and received the title of “Faculty Zulfiyasi” in 2025. Her poems and stories have appeared in anthologies including Bahor Ifori, Kumush Satrlar, New Uzbek Youth, and Uzbek Creative Girls.

Ma Yongbo (n. 1964) es un poeta, erudito y traductor chino, y representante de la poesía vanguardista china. Fue uno de los primeros traductores en introducir la poesía posmoderna estadounidense en el chino. Desde 1986 ha publicado más de ochenta obras originales y traducciones. Su traducción de Moby-Dick ha vendido más de 600.000 copias. Enseña en la Universidad de Ciencia y Tecnología de Nankín.

Guan Yu es un escritor emergente galardonado y afincado en Shanghái. Su obra ha sido ampliamente publicada en Hong Kong y Taiwán y traducida al inglés, francés, tailandés y árabe. Sus poemas han sido presentados en exposiciones de arte y eventos culturales, incluyendo los de la Universidad de Cambridge y la Universidad de Tsinghua.

Jeannette Zallar es una escritora del sur de Texas que vive con su pareja y dos gatos. Su obra explora la cultura y la experiencia vivida. Sus escritos aparecen en Zest of the Lemon and Boundless: The Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival Anthology 2025.