Sophia Falco

Poet

San Francisco, CA
California US

Author's Bio

Sophia Falco’s fifth book of poetry is titled: Running Past The Red out now published by UnCollected Press (10/07/26). She is also the author of If My Hands Were Birds: A Poem (2024), Chronicles of Cosmic Chaos: In The Fourth Dimension, Farewell Clay, and of her award-winning chapbook: The Immortal Sunflower. She is the winner of the Mirabai Prize for Poetry, nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and has over 60 individual poems published in various literary journals and magazines. Currently, Falco is pursuing her MFA degree in writing along with having carried out a Teaching Assistanship. Furthermore, she was elected to Depression Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) California Chapter Board as Director of Outreach to the LGBTQIA+ Community and as their Poet Laureate, and served from January 2024 - July 2024. She helped them from the ground up to revamp their board. Sophia is a proud part of the LGBTQIA+ community and she will continue to stand with them through her poetry.

Furthermore, Falco graduated magna cum laude along with the highest honors in the Literature Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her Bachelor of Arts Degree is in intensive literature with a creative writing concentration in poetry. Furthermore, she blogged for The International Bipolar Foundation (IBPF) from April 2020-January 2023. Sophia Falco is a faithful poet since she finds poetry essential to their understanding of the universe all the while living with bipolar disorder 1 since the age of 16 that has presented its challenges along the way, however, Sophia is well on her way to make her dream career become a reality to be a Professor of Poetry.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Running Past The Red (UnCollected Press, 2026)
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If My Hands Were Birds: A Poem (UnCollected Press, 2024)
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Chronicles of Cosmic Chaos: In The Fourth Dimension (UnCollected Press, 2023)
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Farewell Clay Dove (UnCollected Press, 2021)
Chapbook:
The Immortal Sunflower (UnCollected Press, 2019)
Prizes won: 

UnCollected Press 2023 Book Publication Contest, Mirabai Prize For Poetry, A Winner of The Raw Art Review Chapbook Contest 2019, A Runner-up for The William Wantling Prize, 3rd Place for The Poetry Matters Project Literary Prize (college category), Top Ten with Honorable Mention in Sunkissed by Wingless Dreamer

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Kaveh Akbar, Joy Harjo, Tommy Orange, Brenda Hillman, Juliana Spahr, and Tim Z. Hernandez
What I'm reading now: 
Some Of The Light: New and Selected Poems by Tim Z. Hernandez, Martyr!: A Novel by Kaveh Akbar

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Disability, Illness/Wellness, LGBTQ
Fluent in: 
English, Spanish
Born in: 
Mountain View, CA
California
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Last update: Oct 10, 2026