LindaAnn LoSchiavo

Poet

New York, NY
New York US
Email: 
SaveDate@aol.com
Website: 
substack.com/@greenwichvillagepo…
Twitter/X: 
@Mae_Westside

Author's Bio

Native New Yorker and award-winner, LindaAnn LoSchiavo is a member of British Fantasy Society, HWA, SFPA, and The Dramatists Guild.
        Titles published in 2024:  "Always Haunted: Hallowe’en Poems" [Wild Ink], "Apprenticed to the Night" [UniVerse Press], and "Felones de Se: Poems about Suicide" [Ukiyoto].
         Released in November 2025: "Cancer Courts My Mother" [Prolific Pulse Press] and "Vampire Verses: Poems" [Twisted Dreams Press].
        Book Accolades earned: Elgin Award for "A Route Obscure and Lonely"; Chrysalis BREW Project’s Award for Excellence and The World’s Best Magazine’s Book of Excellence Award  for "Always Haunted: Hallowe’en Poems"; the Spotlyts Story Award from Spotlyts Magazine  for "Apprenticed to the Night";  the Chrysalis BREW Project’s Seal of Excellence and the Voyages in Verses Book Award for  "Cancer Courts My Mother"; and the Excellence in Literature Award and The Bookish Reader's Pick Award for "Vampire Verses: Poems."
Her craft essays have appeared in Writer’s Digest, Authors Publish Magazine, Behind the Pages, Beyond Craft, Roi Faineant, SPARREW Newsletter, and elsewhere.
  * * Interview -- -- in The Poet Magazine -- --   https://www.thepoetmagazine.org/intervie...   * * Interview -- -- for "Women in Horror Month" -- --  
https://colleenanderson.wordpress.com/20...   * * Poetry Book review -- -- The Bookish Magazine
https://thebookishmagazine.com/the-booki... 
* * Poetry Book review -- --  OneTribune
https://onetribune.one/2025/12/10/vampir...

 

 

 

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
SUICIDE: A collection of poetry and short prose from writers around the world on the themes of suicide and self-harm (CreateSpace, 2019)
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Empowerment: A Collection of Poetry and Prose on Personal Growth & Empowerment (CreateSpace, 2018)
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Eros: A Collection of Poetry and Prose on Desire and the Erotic (CreateSpace, 2018)
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The Elements: A Collection of Poetry and Prose on Earth, Air, Water and Fire (CreateSpace, 2018)
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Betrayal: A Collection of Poetry and Prose on Betrayal and Being Betrayed (CreateSpace, 2017)
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Happy: A Collection of Poetry and Prose on Happiness and Being Happy (CreateSpace, 2017)
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The Seasons: A Collection of Poetry and Prose on Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter (CreateSpace, 2017)
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War: A Collection of Poetry and Prose on the Bravery and Horror of War (CreateSpace, 2017)
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Sweet Lemons: Writings With a Sicilian Accent (Legas, 2004)
Books:
Cancer Courts My Mother (Prolific Pulse Press, 2025)
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Always Haunted: Hallowe'en Poems (Wild Ink Publishing, 2024)
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Apprenticed to the Night (Universe, 2024)
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Messengers of the Macabre: Hallowe'en Poems (Audience Askew, 2022)
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Concupiscent Consumption (Weasel Press, 2020)
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A Route Obscure and Lonely (Wapshott Press, 2019)
Journals:
Aphelion Webzine
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Bewildering Stories
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Cape Rock
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Chronogram Magazine
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Flatbush Review
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Good Men Project
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Healing Muse
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Heart of Flesh Literary Journal
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Inkwell
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Iron Horse Literary Review
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Italian Americana
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Lullwater Review
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Mobius: The Journal of Social Change
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Mused BellaOnline Literary Review
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Neologism Poetry Journal
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Nonbinary Review
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Owen Wister Review
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Panoply
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Peacock Journal
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Pennsylvania Literary Journal
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Peregrine
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Pif Magazine
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Poet Magazine
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Prolific Press
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Red Wolf Journal
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South Broadway Ghost Society
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Star*Line
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Voices in Italian Americana
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Wax Poetry and Art
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West Trade Review
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White Wall Review
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Windhover
Prizes won: 

Wax Poetry & Arts [Canada, 2018]; Elgin Award [SFPA, 2021]. 
Book Accolades earned: Elgin Award for "A Route Obscure and Lonely"; Chrysalis BREW Project’s Award for Excellence and The World's Best Magazine's Book of Excellence Award  for "Always Haunted: Hallowe’en Poems"; the Spotlyts Story Award from Spotlyts Magazine  for "Apprenticed to the Night";  the Chrysalis BREW Project’s Seal of Excellence and the Voyages in Verses Book Award for  "Cancer Courts My Mother"; and the Excellence in Literature Award and The Bookish Reader's Pick Award for "Vampire Verses: Poems."

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Favorite authors: 
Traditionalists and sonneteers such as William IX of Aquitaine, Chaucer, Christine de Pizan, Marie de France, Froissart, Dante Alighieri, Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Byron, Shelley, Lewis Carroll, Tennyson, Thomas Hardy, Robert Frost, et al. New Formalists such as Rachel Hadas, Molly Peacock, Dana Gioia, Jane Greer, Marilyn Hacker, A.M. Juster, Phillis Levin, Charles Martin, David Mason, Mary Oliver, Michael Palma, and Richard Wilbur.
What I'm reading now: 
Inflorescence by Sarah Hannah

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Brooklyn, NY
New York
Raised in: 
New York, NY
New York
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Last update: Feb 19, 2026