Sophia Falco

Sophia Falco’s fourth—award-winning—book of poetry titled: If My Hands Were Birds: A Poem is out now published by UnCollected Press (September, 2024). They are also the author of: Chronicles of Cosmic Chaos: In The Fourth Dimension, Farewell Clay, and of their award-winning chapbook: The Immortal Sunflower.  They are the winner of the Mirabai Prize for Poetry,  nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and has over 50 individual poems published in various literary journals and magazines. Currently, Falco is taking a gap year for a book tour from a highly regarded Master of Fine Arts Program (MFA) specifically for Poetry & carrying out their Teaching Fellowship having completed their first year successfully out of the two. In addition, in just Falco's second semester she was promoted to Lead Writing Adviser in their Center For Writing Across The Curriculum (CWAC). Furthermore, they were elected to Depression Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) California Chapter as Director of Outreach to the LGBTQIA+ Community and as their Poet Laureate, and served from January 2024 - July 2024 helping them from the ground up to revamp their board. Sophia is a proud part of the LGBTQIA+ community and they will continue to stand for them through their poetry. Also, Falco graduated magna cum laude along with the highest honors in the Literature Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Their Bachelor of Arts degree is in intensive literature with a creative writing concentration in poetry. Furthermore, they blogged for The International Bipolar Foundation (IBPF) from April 2020-January 2023. Sophia Falco is a faithful poet since they  finds poetry essential to their understanding of the universe. All the while living with bipolar disorder 1 since the age of 16. Sophia is on her way to make her dream career to become a reality to be a Professor of Poetry.