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Sarah Ann Winn [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Manassas, VA
Virginia US
Email: 
sprovence@gmail.com
Bio: 

Sarah Ann Winn’s first book, Alma Almanac, was selected by Elaine Equi as winner of the Barrow Street Book Prize, and was released by Barrow Street Press in 2017. She’s the author of five chapbooks, the most recent of which is Ever After the End Matter. In 2016, six poems from her poetic sequence “Dot & Bo” won Radar Poetry’s Coniston Prize, judged by Gabrielle Calvocoressi. Her writing has appeared in many publications, online and in print, including Five Points, Kenyon Review Online, Massachusetts Review, Smartish Pace and Tupelo Quarterly, among others. Sarah serves as Reviews Editor for Tinderbox Poetry Journal. She currently teaches online at the Writers Center and at the Loft Literary Center.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Mary Ruefle Denise Duhamel Lynda Barry Camille Dungy Aimee Nezhukumatathil Terry Pratchett (&&& ... I'm a former school librarian, so I have a thousand favorites!)
Twitter/X: 
@blueaisling
Raised in: 
Akron, OH
Ohio
Website: 
http://bluebirdwords.com [2]
Prizes won: 

Winner, Prime Number Magazine September Flash Contest, 2017

Winner of Digital Chapbook Contest, Essay Press, Selected by Krystal Languell

Winner, Barrow Street Book Prize, Barrow Street Press, 2016, Selected by Elaine Equi

Winner, Coniston Prize, Radar Poetry, 2016, Selected by Gabrielle Calvocoressi

Winner, Luminaire Award, Alternating Current Press, 2016

Winner, Gabriela Mistral Poetry Prize, Cobalt Review, 2014 

Winner, Virginia Downs Award, George Mason University, Selected by C. Dale Young, 2013

Education: 
George Mason University
What I'm reading now: 
The Octopus Museum by Brenda Shaughnessy
All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Katharine K. Wilkinson, eds.
Writers Retreats: 
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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