Sarah Carey

Poet

Gainesville, FL
Florida US
Email: 
[email protected]
Website: 
sarahkcarey.com/
Twitter/X: 
@SayCarey1

Author's Bio

Sarah Carey is a graduate of the Florida State University creative writing program. She recently retired as director of communications for the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, where she worked for 35 years. Her poetry often explores place,  familial and environmental loss, human and animal relationships, and ancestral inheritance, often through the lens of Southern landscapes and scientific observation. Her poems have appeared recently in Gulf Coast, Five Points, Sugar House Review, Florida Review, Redivider, and elsewhere. Her book reviews have appeared in Salamander, Tinderbox Poetry Journal and the Los Angeles Review.

Sarah's poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, the Orison Anthology and Best of the Net. Her debut full-length collection, The Grief Committee Minutes, was released from Saint Julian Press in September 2024 and was an Eric Hoffer Award finalist. Her next book, Bloodstream, was released in February 2026 from Mercer University Press. Sarah also is the author of two poetry chapbooks, including Accommodations (2019), winner of the Concrete Wolf Chapbook Award. Visit her at SarahKCarey.com, on Instagram @skcarey1, Bluesky @saycarey1.bsky.social or Twitter/X @SayCarey1.
 

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Bloodstream (Mercer University Press, 2026)
,
The Grief Committee Minutes (Saint Julian Press, 2024)
Chapbooks:
Accommodations (Concrete Wolf, 2019)
,
The Heart Contracts (Finishing Line Press, 2016)
Prizes won: 

Books

  • The Grief Committee Minutes was a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award (2025)
  • The Grief Committee Minutes (in earlier manuscript form as The Grief Committee) was a finalist for the Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize, the Barry Spacks Award sponsored by Gunpowder Press, and the Wandering Aengus/Trail to Table Book Award (2023.) The manuscript was longlisted for the Arthur Smith Poetry Prize sponsored by Madville Press (2022.)
  • Accommodations won the Concrete Wolf Chapbook Award (2018)

Poems

  • "A Duplex for Nerve Root Signature" won the Sweet Literary poetry contest (2026)
  • "Proof" was a finalist in the Atlanta Review's International Poetry Competition (2023)
  • "If the Fragment Was the Story" was a finalist in the River Heron Review poetry contest (2022)
  • "Survival Guide" was a finalist in the Sweet Literary poetry contest (2022)

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Salisbury, NC
North Carolina
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Last update: May 30, 2026