Clayre Benzadón

Clayre Benzadón (she/they) is a queer (bi/pan) Sephardi-Ashkenazi poet, educator, and activist. Her manuscript, Moon as Salted Lemon, was recently named an honorable mention for Miami Book Fair’s 2025 Emerging Writer’s Fellowship and was published by Driftwood Press in 2025. She has been published in places including Jet Fuel Review, Libre, and SWWIM. Find more about her here: https://www.clayrebenzadon.com.