Ava Serra

Poet

Detroit, MI
Michigan US
Email: 
ava.j.serra@gmail.com
Website: 
avaserra.com

Author's Bio

Ava Serra (they/she) is a non-binary writer and former caretaker of large carnivores. In addition to an award from the Academy of American Poets and a Pushcart Prize nomination, their works appear in multiple anthologies and have been published in Salt Hill Journal, Arkana, Lavender Review, Grey Sparrow, White Wall Review, among others. They hold an MFA from the University of Maryland.

Education: 
University of Maryland MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
America's Future (Washington Writers' Publishing House, 2025)
,
Capital Queer (Washington Writers' Publishing House, 2025)
,
Lavender Review: A Taste (Headmistress Press, 2024)
,
Under Her Eye (Black Spot Books, 2023)
Journals:
Arkana
,
Grey Sparrow Journal
,
Inklette
,
Jelly Bucket
,
Lavender Review
,
Nailed Magazine
,
Open Minds Quarterly
,
Postscript Magazine
,
Salt Hill
,
West Trade Review
,
White Wall Review
Prizes won: 

2025 Editor's Choice Award — Arkana; 2023 Academy of American Poets Prize — Judged by Hannah Baker Saltmarsh

 

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Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Margaret Atwood, Akwaeke Emezi, Federico García Lorca, Mina Loy, Marianne Moore, C. Russell Price, Julian Randall, Monica Youn, and more

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Disabled, Italian, LGBTQ, Puerto Rican, Queer
Fluent in: 
English, Italian
Born in: 
MI
Michigan
Raised in: 
MI
Michigan
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Last update: Sep 09, 2025