Ava Serra

Poet

MD
Maryland US
Email: 
ava.j.serra@gmail.com
Website: 
avaserra.com

Author's Bio

Ava Serra (they/she) is a disabled, non-binary writer exploring the personal topics of disordered menstruation, displaced Boricua culture, abusive survival confessionalism, domestic sapphic joy, and cautionary eco-horror. In addition to an award from the Academy of American Poets and a 2023 Pushcart Prize nomination, their works have been published or are forthcoming in Salt Hill Journal, Jelly Bucket, Black Spot Books, NAILED, Open Minds Quarterly, Lavender Review, among others. They are a poetry student in the University of Maryland’s MFA program.

Education: 
University of Maryland MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Lavender Review: A Taste (Headmistress Press, 2024)
,
Under Her Eye (Black Spot Books, 2023)
Journals:
Grey Sparrow Journal
,
Inklette
,
Jelly Bucket
,
Lavender Review
,
Nailed Magazine
,
Open Minds Quarterly
,
Postscript Magazine
,
Salt Hill
,
West Trade Review
Prizes won: 

2023 Academy of American Poets Prize — Judged by Hannah Baker Saltmarsh

 

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Margaret Atwood, Akwaeke Emezi, Federico García Lorca, Mina Loy, Marianne Moore, C. Russell Price, Julian Randall, Monica Youn, and more

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Disabled, Italian, LGBTQ, Puerto Rican, Queer
Fluent in: 
English, Italian
Born in: 
MI
Michigan
Raised in: 
MI
Michigan
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Last update: Feb 27, 2025