Ann Cefola

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer, Translator

NY
New York US

Author's Bio

Ann Cefola's most recent book is Séquence Long Island (L'Harmattan, 2026), cowritten in French with Jean-Luc Pouliquen and with a preface by Rosanna Warren. Ann is also the author of Free Ferry (Upper Hand Press, 2017), and Face Painting in the Dark (Dos Madres Press, 2014); chapbooks When the Pilotless Plain Arrives (Trainwreck Press, 2021), St. Agnes, Pink-Slipped (Kattywompus Press, 2011) and Sugaring (Dancing Girl Press, 2007); and translations Once, Poïena forthcoming from Chax Press in 2027, Alparegho, Like-nothing-else (Beautiful Days Press, 2025), The Hero / Hence this cradle (Trainwreck Press, 2022), The Hero (Chax Press, 2018), and Hence this cradle (Seismicity Editions, 2007). Ann received a Witter Bynner Poetry Translation Residency at the Santa Fe Art Institute and the Robert Penn Warren Award for Poetry selected by John Ashbery. She writes on Long Island where she lives.

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Book:
Séquence Long Island (L'Harmattan, 2026)

Poetry

Anthologies:
DARKer Ink (Moon Tide Press, 2026)
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Long Island Sounds (Wyld Syde Press, 2026)
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Dead of Winter IV (Milk & Cake Press, 2025)
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Duo: Poems by Women (Linen Press, 2024)
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Thin Places and Sacred Spaces (Amethyst Press, 2024)
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All Shall Be Well (Amethyst Press, 2023)
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I Wanna Be Loved by You: Poems on Marilyn Monroe (Milk & Cake Press, 2022)
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Brought to Sight and Swept Away (Vita Brevis Press, 2021)
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Mother Mary Comes to Me (Madville Publishing, 2020)
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Verdant (Truth Serum Press, 2020)
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Enchantment of the Ordinary (Mutabilis Press, 2019)
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Silent Screams: Poetic Journeys Through Addiction and Recovery (University Professors Press, 2019)
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Of Burgers and Bars (Main Street Rag, 2017)
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Our Last Walk: Using Poetry for Grieving & Remembering Our Pets (University Professors Press, 2016)
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Polterguests (Main Street Rag, 2016)
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Realms of the Mothers (Dos Madres Press, 2016)
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Texas Poetry Calendar (Dos Gatos Press, 2016)
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Theories of HER (Mercurial Noodle, 2016)
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To Unsnare Time’s Warp (Mint Hill Books, 2016)
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Coming Off the Line (Main Street Rag, 2015)
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Rabbit Ears--TV Poems (NYQ Books, 2015)
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Raising Lilly Ledbetter: Women Poets Occupy the Work Space (Lost Horse Press, 2015)
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The Burden of Light: Poems on Loss and Illness (Fast Forward Press, 2014)
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City Poems (Chuffed Buff Books, 2014)
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Drawn to Marvel (Minor Arcana Press, 2014)
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Lummox Press 3 (Lummox Press, 2014)
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Out of Sequence: The Sonnets Remixed (Parlor Press, 2014)
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A Slant of Light (Codhill Press, 2013)
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Journey to the Crone (Chuffed Buff Books, 2013)
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The Cancer Poetry Project 2 (Tasora Books, 2013)
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Not Somewhere Else But Here: A Contemporary Anthology of Women and Place (Sundress Publications, 2013)
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St. Peter's B List (Ave Maria Press, 2013)
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The Widow's Handbook (Kent State University Press, 2013)
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...And Love (Jacar Press, 2012)
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Alhambra 2013 Poetry Calendar (Alhambra Publishing, 2012)
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Alhambra Poetry Calendar for Young Readers (Alhambra Publishing, 2012)
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Knocking at the Door (Write Bloody Publishing, 2011)
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Alhambra 2011 Poetry Calendar (Alhambra Publishing, 2010)
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Come What May (Motes Books, 2010)
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One for the Road (Split Oak Press, 2010)
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Alhambra 2010 Poetry Calendar (Alhambra Publishing, 2009)
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Not a Muse (Haven Books, 2009)
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Alhambra 2009 Poetry Calendar (Alhambra Publishing, 2008)
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Writng by Ear (Motes Books, 2008)
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The Musculature of Small Birds (Shadowbox Press, 2007)
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Hunger Enough (Pudding House Publications, 2004)
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Mirror, Mirror (Midmarch Arts Press, 2004)
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Off the Cuffs (Soft Skull Press, 2003)
Books:
Free Ferry (Upper Hand Press, 2017)
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Face Painting in the Dark (Dos Madres Press, 2014)
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Hence this cradle (Seismicity Editions, 2007)
Chapbooks:
The Hero / Hence This Cradle (Trainwreck Press, 2022)
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When the Pilotless Plane Arrives (Trainwreck Press, 2021)
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St. Agnes, Pink-Slipped (Kattywompus Press, 2011)
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Sugaring (Dancing Girl Press, Chicago, 2007)
Journals:
Adanna Literary Journal
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Alimentum
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Amoskeag
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Amp
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Amsterdam Quarterly
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Ancient Paths
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Ape Culture
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As Above So Below
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Atlanta Review
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Bewildering Stories
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Big City Lit
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Blood and Bourbon
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California Quarterly
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Cicada
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Cipher Journal
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Circumference
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Cliterature
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Cocktales
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Common Threads
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Confrontation
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Curbside Review
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DoveTales
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Exacting Clam
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Ezra: An Online Journal of Translation
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Feminist Studies
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First Literary Review-East
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Gris-Gris
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Home Planet News
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Hospital Drive
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IF Poetry Journal
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Jerseyworks
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Long Shot
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Notre Dame Review
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OCHRE Journal of Women's Spirituality
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Opossum
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Perigee
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Poetry Salzburg Review
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Protest Poems
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Reconfigurations
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Shaking Like a Mountain
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SLAB
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Stained Glass Quarterly
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Sugar Mule
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The Manhattanville Review
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The Poet
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They Call Us
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Ultramarine Literary Review
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Umbrella
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Vitamin ZZZ
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Wicked Alice
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Winnow Magazine
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Women's Studies Quarterly
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Zoomorphic

Translation

Book:
The Hero by Hélène Sanguinetti, translated from the French (Chax Press, 2018)
Prizes won: 

Robert Penn Warren Award for Poetry selected by John Ashbery; the Witter-Bynner Translation Residency at the Santa Fe Art Institute; Readers' Choice Award in Translation, Second Place, for five poems translated by Chen Du in Yan River (China) April 2019; and the 2026 National Baseball Poetry Festival Contest, Adult Category winner.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
French
Born in: 
Westchester County, NY
New York
Raised in: 
Westchester County, NY
New York
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Last update: Aug 27, 2026