Jasmine Ledesma

Jasmine Ledesma is a writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in places such as Crazyhorse, Rattle, and [PANK] among others. 

Her work has been nominated twice for Best of The Net and twice for the Pushcart Prize. She was named a Brooklyn Poets fellow in 2021. Her novella Shrine was listed as a finalist for the Clay Reynolds Novella Prize. Her poem was highly commended by Warsan Shire for the Moth Poetry Prize. 

She was awarded the Patricia Clearly Miller Award while in the psychiatric hospital. She was named a Periplus Mentorship Collective fellow in 2022. Her chapbook Acid in Georgia has been released via Bottlecap Press. Her debut novel Fodder is set to be released by Moonstruck Books in 2027. Her novella Shrine is to be released by Junkie Scholar Press in May.