Eli V. (they/them/theirs) is a poet and writer based in Washington D.C. They are the recipient of the 2020 Joseph A. Lohman III in Poetry award from George Mason University and the Academy of American Poets. They are currently a Manuscript Reader for Okay Donkey Press. Their work is featured or forthcoming in The Forge, Pussy Magic, Entropy, Feral, The Temz Review, and Capsule Stories.