About Me
Laura Sobbott Ross is the author of three poetry collections and two chapbooks. Her poems have
been featured on Verse Daily and have appeared in Meridian, 32 Poems, Florida
Review, Blackbird, Main Street Rag, National Poetry Review, and elsewhere.
She was named the inaugural poet laureate of Lake County in Florida. Literary
prizes and awards are as follows: 2022 Bedford Competition, Finalist; 2021
International Poetry Contest for the Atlanta Review, Merit Award; 2019 Richard
Snyder Publication Prize, Finalist; 2019 Washington Prize at the Word Works,
Semi-finalist; 2017 Southern Humanities Review Auburn Witness Poetry Prize,
First Place; 2017 Public Poetry Contest, Finalist; 2016 Anzaldua Poetry Prize,
Finalist; 2016 Arts&Letters Poetry Prize, Finalist; 2015 Cape Cod Cultural Center
Poetry Prize, Finalist; 2015 Tusculum Review Poetry Chapbook, Finalist; The Ledge
Poetry Award 2013, First Place; YellowJacket Press Chapbook Contest for Florida
Poets 2011, First Place; Thomas Merton Poetry of the Sacred Contest 2011,
Honorable Mention; Creekwalker Poetry Prize 2008, Finalist.
She has worked as a teacher and a writing coach in Florida.