Emily Mathis is a writer and dancer. Her essay, “Men Smoking,” was the 2024 nonfiction winner of Sonora Review‘s The Erotic contest. Additional essays have recently appeared in Sonora Review, Hunger Mountain, Epiphany, Los Angeles Review, Another Chicago Magazine, and others. Her debut essay collection was long-listed for the 2024 Miami Book Fair’s Emerging Writers’ Fellowship and named a semi-finalist for the 2025 Hudson Prize. She is seeking publication for her debut essay collection and working on a novel. Find her at emilymathiswriting.com.
