Sarah B. Sullivan (she/her), of Northampton, MA, is a person, poet, physician, teacher, ocean-lover, partner, parent, lesbian, friend, meditator, dog-mom, and searcher. She wrote some poetry back in her 20’s, and started writing again when illness helped her decide to work less as a doctor and more on her passion for poetry. The community of people she interacts with, whether writing together, critiquing, fundraising, or just sharing work and worries, is a source of joy and fulfillment.
Sarah’s poems are published or forthcoming in journals including Alaska Quarterly Review, Calyx, Little Patuxent Review, Cider Press Review, Switchgrass Review, Sixfold, and WordPeace.co. Additionally, Sarah has three chap books: While it Happened, Together, in Pieces, and Somewhere There’s Always Enough. Her poem “Some Things Only Happen Once” was awarded Calyx’s Lois Cranston Memorial 2023 Poetry Prize , and her poem “Consider Instead” was nominated for a 2023 Pushcart Prize by Willawaw Journal.
As well as writing poetry, Sarah is the current Poet/Chairperson of 30 Poems in November, an annual fund raiser for Center for New Americans (CNA) of Western MA. Since 2018, Sarah has led participants in the fund raiser, approximately 70 -100 poets each year, to write a total of 30 poems during the month of November. Sarah led workshops for the writers and sent them a prompt each night as an optional inspiration for the poets to use. Sarah is also a Reader for Calyx Journal of Art and Literature by Women.
