Suzanne Cleary

Poet

Peekskill, NY
New York US
Email: 
suzanneecleary@gmail.com
Website: 
suzanneclearypoet.com

Author's Bio

I teach as Core Faculty of the low-residency MFA in Creative Writing Program of Converse University.

Education: 
Washington University MFA
Writers Retreats: 
MacDowell
Vermont Studio Center
Yaddo

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Braving the Body (Small Harbor Publishing, 2024)
,
Rabbit Ears: TV Poems (NYQ Books, 2015)
,
A Slant of Light: Contemporary Women Writers of the Hudson Valley (Codhill Press, 2013)
,
Sunken Garden Poetry: 1992-2011 (Wesleyan University Press, 2012)
,
Don't Leave Hungry: Fifty Years of Southern Poetry Review (University of Arkansas Press, 2009)
,
From the Fishouse: An Anthology of Poems that Sing, Rhyme, Resound, Syncopate, Alliterate, and Just Plain Sound Great (Persea Books, 2009)
,
The Best American Poetry 2009 (Scribner, 2009)
,
180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day (Random House, 2005)
,
Pushcart Prize XXIX: Best of the Small Presses (Pushcart Press, 2005)
,
Being Alive (Bloodaxe Books, 2004)
,
Poetry 180 (Random House, 2003)
Books:
The Odds (NYQ Books, 2025)
,
Crude Angel (BkMk Press-UMKC, 2018)
,
Beauty Mark (BkMk Press-UMKC, 2013)
,
Trick Pear (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2007)
,
Blue Cloth (Hill-Stead Museum, 2004)
,
Keeping Time (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2002)
Journals:
Agenda
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Asheville Poetry Review
,
Atlanta Review
,
Atlantic Monthly
,
Georgia Review
,
Margie
,
Massachusetts Review
,
New Letters
,
New Millennium Writings
,
New Ohio Review
,
Nimrod
,
Ohio Review
,
Poetry International
,
Poetry London
,
Poetry Northwest
,
The Sewanee Review
,
Southern Poetry Review
,
Southern Review
,
Theodate
,
Third Coast
Prizes won: 

Puschart Prize (2025 and 2005); Laura Boss Narrative Poetry Prize, for THE ODDS (NY Quarterly Books 2025); Eugene Paul Nassar Poetry Prize and John Ciardi Prize, for BEAUTY MARK (BkMk Press 2013); Paterson Award for Literary Excellence;  Troubadour International Poetry Prize (2nd Place and 3rd Place); Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry (2nd Place); Southern Poetry Review Guy Owen Award; Cecil Hemley Memorial Award, of PSA; New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship; SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Binghamton, NY
New York
Raised in: 
Binghamton, NY
New York
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Last update: Sep 12, 2025