ABOUT  

Leah Duarte is a Portuguese-Canadian poet. Her recent work has appeared in The Ampersand Review, Heartlines Spec, The /tƐmz/ Review, and untethered magazine, among others.

 

Leah was the winner of the gritLIT 2022 Youth Flash Fiction Contest, and her poetry received a 2023 Best of the Net nomination. She was a finalist for the 2025 Mississauga Arts Awards in the Emerging Literary Artist category. She is a founding member of the Writers in Trees Collective, and holds an Honours B.A. and Honours M.A. in English from the University of Toronto.

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Leah is currently querying her debut poetry collection, which mixes Portuguese folklore, religious themes, representations of mental illness, and depictions of girlhood through a speculative lens.

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 Find her on Instagram @leahlduarte.

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Leah Duarte gratefully acknowledges the support of the Ontario Arts Council and the Mississauga Arts Council. 

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