Overview
Samantha Samakande is a Zimbabwean poet based out of New Jersey, where she resides with her husband. She holds a B.A. from Allegheny College and is currently an MFA candidate in poetry at Cornell University. She also serves as a reader for Sugar House Review. In 2020, she was the second-place winner of Frontier Poetry’s Award for New Poets. Her work is has appeared in Terrain.org, Sugar House Review, The Indianapolis Review, Hobart Pulp, Okay Donkey, and Gordon Square Review, among other journals.