Veronica A. Bettencourt

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Veronica A. Bettencourt

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About the Author

Education

Veronica is a graduate of Brown University who studies poetry with Mark Doty and is a candidate for an MFA in poetry at Pacific University. Since she began to write creatively in September 2021, she has also studied poetry with Ellen Bass, Marie Howe, Rick Barot, Eduardo C. Corral, Rosebud Ben-Oni and others.

Awards

Veronica's poetry was selected by Rena Priest as one of the top 3 entries for the 2025 Crab Creek Review Prize and long-listed for the 2025 and 2024 Fish Poetry Prize Judged by former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins.

Editorial Experience

While at Brown, Veronica founded and was Editor in Chief of the undergraduate literary magazine Ophelia. 


She served as a reader at Palette Poetry in 2024. 

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