Sarah Layden

Poet, Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Indianapolis, IN
Indiana US
Email: 
salayden@iu.edu
Website: 
www.sarahlayden.com
Twitter/X: 
@BySarahLayden

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Book:
The Invisible Art of Literary Editing, co-authored with Bryan Furuness (Bloomsbury Academic, 2023)
Journals:
Poets & Writers
,
River Teeth

Fiction

Anthologies:
Welcome to the Neighborhood: An Anthology of American Coexistence (Swallow Press, 2019)
,
24 Bar Blues (Press 53, 2013)
,
Sudden Flash Youth (Persea Books, 2011)
,
Just Like a Girl (GirlChild Press, 2008)
Books:
Imagine Your Life Like This (University of Wisconsin Press, 2023)
,
Trip Through Your Wires (Engine Books, 2015)
Chapbook:
The Story I Tell Myself About Myself (Sonder Press, 2018)
Journals:
42opus
,
Artful Dodge
,
Barrelhouse
,
Blackbird
,
BluePrint Review
,
Booth
,
Boston Review
,
Clementine Magazine
,
Contrary
,
Evansville Review
,
Failbetter.com
,
Fiction Southeast
,
Monkeybicycle
,
Moon City Review
,
Necessary Fiction
,
Opium Magazine
,
Pank
,
Pindeldyboz
,
Punchnel's
,
Stone Canoe
,
Stymie Magazine
,
Sycamore Review
,
upstreet
,
Vestal Review
,
Zone 3

Poetry

Journals:
Blood Orange Review
,
Brain, Child
,
Gargoyle Magazine
,
Juked
,
Margie
,
Sweet: A Literary Confection
,
Tipton Poetry Journal
Prizes won: 

Best Microfiction 2020, Sonder Press Chapbook Competition (2017), Allen and Nirelle Galson Prize for Fiction (2009), AWP Intro Award (2005)

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English, Spanish
Born in: 
Milwaukee, WI
Wisconsin
Raised in: 
Indianapolis, IN
Indiana
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Last update: Jan 09, 2025