Svetlana Litvinchuk

Svetlana Litvinchuk has a background in permaculture farming, film, environmental activism, emergency medicine, and art. Her debut poetry collection, Navigating the Hallways by Starlight, will be out with Fernwood Press in September 2026.

Her poems and essays have been nominated for Pushcart, Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, and the Rhysling Awards. Her poetry has appeared in Pleiades, New Orleans Review, swamp pink, Redivider, Moon City Review, Iron Horse Literary Review, The Shore, and elsewhere. Her essays and stories have appeared in ONLY POEMS, Astrolabe, Plant-Human Quarterly, Apocalypse Confidential, and elsewhere. Originally from Ukraine, she has lived in Chicago, San Francisco, Albuquerque, and the Ozarks. Find her on Instagram @s.litvinchuk and www.svetlanalitvinchuk.com or walking barefoot near moss and seawater.