Three-Month 1-on-1 Nonfiction Mentorship for Memoir and Essay Writers with Leslie Contreras Schwartz

Apply Now!  Acceptance decisions are made on a rolling basis. Please do not pay for the mentorship until you receive a formal acceptance notification via email. Click HERE to Apply. Early applications are encouraged as space is limited. Any questions about this mentorship? Use the Chat Button (lower left) to talk with us.  Mentor Leslie Contreras Schwartz is a multi-genre writer, a 2021 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow, the 2019-2021 Houston Poet Laureate, and the author of the 2022 C&R Press Nonfiction Prize Winner From the Womb of Sky and Earth, a lyrical memoir. She is the author of five collections of poetry: Black Dove/Paloma Negra (FlowerSong Press, 2020), a finalist for the 2021 Best Book of Poetry from the Texas Institute of Letters; and Nightbloom; Cenote (St. Julian Press, 2018), a semi-finalist for the 2017 Tupelo Press Dorset Prize, judged by Ilya Kaminsky. Leslie's work has appeared in Paris Review, AGNI, EPOCH, Missouri Review, Iowa Review, [PANK], Ver