Ellen Kombiyil (she/her) is a visual artist, poet, and educator from the Bronx. She is the author of three books, most recently My Prayer a Slit Throat (Wet Cement Press, winner of the New Constructions Hybrid Book Prize, forthcoming 2026), and Love as Invasive Species (Cornerstone 2024). She is a 2022 and 2025 recipient of a BRIO Award (Bronx Recognizes Its Own) from the Bronx Council on the Arts, a 2025 winner of the Geri Digiorno Multi-Genre Prize, and 2025 winner of the Tupelo Quarterly Prize for Cross-Disciplinary Writing. She is an adjunct assistant professor at Hunter College. Find her at www.ellenkombiyil.com.