Francine Sterle

Poet

Los Angeles, CA
California US

Author's Bio

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Broad Wings, Long Legs: A Rookery of Heron Poems (North Star Press, 2024)
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The Power of the Feminine (Vol. II): Poems from the Feminine Perspective (ThreshPress Midwest, 2024)
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33 Minnesota Poets (Nodin Press, 2021)
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To Sing Along the Way: Minnesota Women Poets from Pre-Territorial Days to the Present (New Rivers Press, 2006)
Books:
What Thread? (Red Dragonfly Press, 2015)
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Nude in Winter (Tupelo Press, 2006)
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Every Bird Is One Bird (Tupelo Press, 2001)
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The White Bridge (Poetry Harbor Press, 1999)
Journals:
Atlanta Review
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Birmingham Poetry Review
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Great River Review
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Midwest Quarterly
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Prizes won: 

Editor's Prize, Tupelo Press; David Martinson-Meadowhawk Prize, Red Dragonfly Press; Loft-McKnight Foundation Award; Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant; Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship Grant; and a Minnesota State Arts Board Career Opportunity Grant.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Born in: 
Eveleth, MN
Minnesota
Raised in: 
Eveleth, MN
Minnesota
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Last update: May 13, 2026