Margaret/Maggie Stetler

Poet

Winchester, VA

Virginia US

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Author's Bio

I am happy to have survived my parents’ ‘50s divorce;a 20-year separation from my father; and moving to 17 houses by the time I was 17. I am an advocate for the mentally ill and abused, and champion the creative arts as a means to heal and transform broken lives. A refugee from 9/11 NYC, I now live in Winchester, VA in the Shenandoah Valley, where I am a Quaker; a Reiki practitioner; a creativity workshop leader; and a substitute teacher in the city's schools.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

WAVES: A Confluence of Women's Voices (A Room of Her Own Foundation, 2024)

Gathered: Contemporary Quaker Poets (Sundress Publications, 2015)

Books:

under a wanton magnolia: poems (Finishing Line Press, 2018)

The Naming of the Soul (Four Zoas, 1980)

Journals:

Kosmos

Small Pond Magazine

Telephone

Womanchild

Autumn Sky Poetry Daily

Buddhist Poetry Review

Friends Journal

Prizes won:

Finalist in Pearl Poetry Prize contest; Front Royal Voices, Poetry, 2nd Place. Exhibits: Poetry & drawings have hung in AhQ Floating Gallery in Soho; City Island Art Gallery, NYC; "Art Inspiring Art, Shenandoah Arts Council,VA Readings: Donnell Library, NYC; Tompkins Square Library, NYC; Provincetown Playhouse, NYC; Queens College, NYC; Queens Historical Society, NYC; Shenandoah Arts Council, VA; 1,000 Poets for Change,VA; "Virginia Monologues," Blue Ridge Council on the Arts, VA Teaching/Workshops/Service: "Finding Your Own Voice," Viscardi School of Continuing Education;Long Island, NY. "Freeing the Creative Artist Within You" workshop, Shenandoah Arts Council, Winchester VA; Guest Artist at Discovery Museum, Winchester; Judge for Poetry Outloud and Poetry Sociey of VA's Youth Poetry Contest.

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

rilke virginia woolf natalie diaz

What I'm reading now:

When My Brother Was an Aztec by Natallie Diaz

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Feminist

Prefers to work with:

Children, Illness/Wellness

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Washington D.C.

Raised in:

District of Columbia; Lancaster, PA; Indian River City, FL; Pt. Pleasant Beach, NJ

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Last update: Oct 19, 2026