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Saúl Hernández [1]

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Poet
Bio: 

Saúl Hernández is a queer writer from San Antonio, TX who was raised by former undocumented parents. Saúl is a 2025 National Endowment for the Arts Fellow. Saúl’s debut poetry collection, How to Kill a Goat & Other Monsters, is out now. (March 2024), University of Wisconsin Press. He's the winner of both 2022 Pleiades Prufer Poetry Prize judged by Joy Priest & the 2021 Two Sylvias Press Chapbook Prize judged by Victoria Chang. Saúl is a 2024 Finalist for the Dartmouth Poet in Residence at The Frost Place. His poems have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize & Best of The Net. Saúl’s work is forthcoming/featured in The American Poetry Review, Sundog Lit, Poetry Daily, The Slowdown, Literary Hub, Columbia Journal, Pleiades, Split This Rock & elsewhere. He's a Macondista, a 2021 Tin House Alum, & a 2024 Lambda Literary Fellow.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Twitter/X: 
@el_saulhdez
Website: 
https://www.saulhernandez.net [2]
Prizes won: 

2025 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 2022 Pleiades Prufer Poetry Prize judged by Joy Priest, and 2021 Two Sylvias Press Chapbook Prize chosen by Victoria Chang

Identifies as: 
Latino/Latina/Latinx

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/saul_hernandez

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/saul_hernandez [2] https://www.saulhernandez.net