Suzanne Frischkorn

Poet

Syracuse, NY
New York US
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Author's Bio

Suzanne Frischkorn is a Cuban American poet and essayist. She is the author of four poetry books, most recently, Whipsaw  (Anhinga Press, 2024), winner of The 2025 CNY Book Award for Poetry, and finalist for the Eugene Paul Nassar Poetry Prize,  Fixed Star (JackLeg Press) selected a 2022 Foreword INDIES Finalist,  Girl on a Bridge (2010), and Lit Windowpane (2008), winner of The Writer's Center Emerging Writers Fellowship, as well as five chapbooks. Mary Oliver selected her chapbook Spring Tide for The Aldrich Poetry Award  

She is the recipient of a 2025 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship,  a SWWIM Residency Award at The Betsy, and an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts.

She is an assistant poetry editor for Terrain.org and previously served on the Terrain.org editorial board. She teaches for The Writer’s Voice of Central New York in the Downtown Writers Center’s PRO Program, and The Writer’s Voice Online.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Whipsaw (Anhinga Press, 2024)
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Fixed Star (JackLeg Press, 2022)
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Girl on a Bridge (Main Street Rag, 2010)
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Lit Windowpane (Main Street Rag, 2008)
Prizes won: 

Recipient of a 2025 CNY Book Award for Poetry, 2025 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship, The Writer’s Center Emerging Writers Fellowship for her book Lit Windowpane, the Aldrich Poetry Award for her chapbook Spring Tide, selected by Mary Oliver, a Connecticut Individual Artist Fellowship, and a 2023 SWWIM Residency Award at The Betsy.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Cuban American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Hialeah, FL
Florida
Raised in: 
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Last update: Dec 09, 2025