Sally Ashton

Poet

Faculty

Los Gatos, CA 95032

Email:

sally.ashton@sjsu.edu

Website:

www.sallyashton.com

Author's Bio

Sally Ashton is Editor-in-Chief of DMQ Review, an online journal featuring poetry and art. Writing across genres, in collaboration with artists, and specializing in short prose forms, Ashton is the author of four collections. She has taught at San José State University, UC Santa Cruz Extension, and workshops including Disquiet: International Literary Program in Lisbon, Portugal. She served as Santa Clara County’s Poet Laureate, 2011-2013. Other honors include fellowships from Arts Council Silicon Valley and as a Lucas Artist Fellow at Montalvo Arts Center. She lives in California with her husband. sallyashton.com

Education:

Bennington Writing Seminars at Bennington College MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

A Cast-iron Aeoroplane that Actually Flies: Commentaries from 80 American Poets on their Prose Poems (MadHat Press, 2019)

They Said: A Multi-Genre Anthology of Contemporary Collaborative Writing, Assistant Editor (Black Lawrence Press, 2018)

99 Poems for the 99 Percent (99: The Press, 2014)

An Introduction to the Prose Poem (Firewheel Editions, 2009)

Breathe: 101 Contemporary Odes (C&R Press, 2008)

Books:

The Behaviour of Clocks (WordFarm, 2019)

Some Odd Afternoon (BlazeVOX books, 2010)

Chapbooks:

Ner Name Is Juanita, Pushcart nominee (Kore Press, 2009)

These Metallic Days (Main Street Rag, 2005)

Journals:

Caesura

Drunken Boat

Hinchas de Poesia

Linebreak

Los Angeles Review of Books

Mississippi Review

Parthenon West Review

Poet Lore

Poetry Flash

Rattle

San Pedro River Review

Sentence

Spoon River Poetry Review

The Wax Paper

ZYZZYVA

Prizes won:

Artist Fellowship in Poetry from Arts Council Silicon Valley, 2004. Montalvo Lucas Artist Fellow. Santa Clara County Poet Laureate, 2011-2013. First Prize Fish Flash Fiction, 2014.

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Born in:

Portland

Canada

Raised in:

Silicon Valley, CA

California

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Last update: Apr 01, 2020