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Sara Baker [1]

Listed as: 
Poet, Fiction Writer
Public address: 
Athens, GA
Georgia US
Email: 
saratbaker@gmail.com
Bio: 

Sara Baker’s fiction and poetry have appeared or are forthcoming in the Southern Poetry Review; New Ohio Review; Texas Review, Poetry East; The Maine Review; Crab Orchard Review ; Cleaver; Confrontation; The 2011 Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine; Stone, River, Sky: An Anthology of Georgia Poems; and elsewhere. Her stories have been short-listed for the Bridport and Fish prizes. She is the author of a novel, The Timekeeper’s Son, and her first novel, Second Son, was one of eight finalists in the 1996 Hemingway Days First novel contest. A playwright, her work has been performed at the University of Georgia, aired on BBC and NPR, and has been a finalist for the Cinestory awards. She taught English and writing at UGA, and worked and published in the field of therapeutic writing. You can follow her at http://saratbaker.com/ [2]

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Lucia Berlin, Paula Fox, Gina Berriault, Idra Novey
Born in: 
Columbus
Raised in: 
Athens, GA
Georgia
Website: 
https://www.saratbaker.com/ [3]
Prizes won: 

Finalist Eludia Award 2015, Poised for Departure, stories Finalist, Gertrude Stein award, 2014 Short-listed, Bridport Prize, Fiction, 2012 Short-listed, Fish Prize, Fiction, 2012 Commended, The Hippocrates Prize, Poetry, 2011 Finalists in the 1996 Hemingway Days First Novel Contest; runner-up in the 1998 Phoebe Fiction Award for “Absolution”; semi-finalist in the 1994 Heekin Fellowship Awards; two scholarships to the Squaw Valley Community of Writers, in 1991 and 1995; a three-time Hambidge Fellow; a scholarship recipient to the Duke Writers Conference, and a two time winner at the Sandhills Writers Conference, placing first in both the novel (judged by Janet Burroway), and in the screenwriting category; a semifinalist in the 1997 Cinestory Screenplay Awards for One of Us.

What I'm reading now: 
A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness by Jai Chakrabarti
The Narrow Road to the Interior by Kimiko Hahn
Long Island by Colm Toibin
War and Peace by Tolstoy/Pevear/Volkonsky
Narrative Medicine by Rita Charon
Writers Retreats: 
Community of Writers
Hambidge Creative Residency Program
Identifies as: 
Celtic American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Illness/Wellness

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/sara_baker [2] http://saratbaker.com/ [3] https://www.saratbaker.com/