Eleonora Balsano is an Italian-born, polyglot journalist and writer based in Brussels, E.U. Her short fiction in English has appeared in Portland Review, Fictive Dream, Reflex Fiction, Janus Literary, JMWW Journal, and elsewhere. In 2023, Eleonora was longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50 and in 2021 she was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize. She is a reader for Longleaf Review and WestWord. Eleonora is currently working on a dystopian novel.