Ellen Seusy

Poet

Albuquerque, NM

New Mexico US

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Author's Bio

Ellen Seusy lives and works in New Mexico. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and has received awards from American Literary Review, Blue Earth Review, and New Ohio Review. Other poems have appeared in Atlanta Review, The Christian Science Monitor, Western Humanities Review, and the anthology I Have My Own Song for It: Modern Poems of Ohio. Her teaching experience includes partnering with classroom teachers as a visiting poet.

Education:

Ohio State University MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

From the Other World: Poems in Memory of James Wright (Lost Hills Books, 2007)

I Have My Own Song For it: Modern Poems of Ohio (University of Akron Press, 2002)

Journals:

American Literary Review

Atlanta Review

Blue Mesa Review

Briar Cliff Review

Century

Conceptions Southwest

Cottonwood Review

december

english journal

Hiram Poetry Review

New Ohio Review

Western Humanities Review

Prizes won:

Nominated for the 2025 Pushcart Prize (2024)

Editors' Prize in Poetry, New Ohio Review, Ohio University (2019)

First Place, Poetry, American Literary Review, University of North Texas (2019)

First Place, Blue Earth Review Summer Poetry Contest, Minnesota State University (2017)

Finalist, december 2024 Marvin Bell Memorial Poetry Prize (2024)

Finalist, Western Humanities Review Mountain West Contest (2021)

Finalist, Arts and Letters Poetry Contest, Georgia Central State University (2015)

Honorable Mention, Blue Mesa Review Annual Poetry Contest (2011)

International Publication Award, Atlanta Review (2007)

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Prefers to work with:

Adults, Children, Naturalists/Environmentalists, Teachers, Teenagers

Fluent in:

English

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Last update: Aug 12, 2026