Porsha Monique Allen (she/her) is a poet & fiction writer from Richmond, Virginia. She received her MFA in Poetry from Queens University of Charlotte in 2021. In 2020, Porsha was chosen as a semi-finalist for Naugatuck River Review’s 12th Annual Narrative Poetry Contest. Porsha was selected as a finalist for the 2024 Plentitudes Prize in Poetry. Her work has appeared in Scalawag Magazine, Rattle, Belle Ombre, Blood Orange Review, Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, Kweli Journal, Salamander Magazine & elsewhere.