Sarah A. Chavez, a mestiza born and raised in the California Central Valley, is the author of the poetry collections, Hands That Break & Scar (Sundress Publications) and All Day, Talking (dancing girl press). Recent work can be found or is forthcoming in Xicanx: Mexican American Writers of the 21st Century, Diode, Hotel Amerika, & Five:2:One #thesideshow. Her new poetry project, Halfbreed Helene Navigates the Whole received a 2019-2020 Tacoma Artists Initiative Award. She teaches creative writing and Latinx/Chicanx-focused courses at the University of Washington Tacoma and serves as the poetry coordinator for Best of the Net Anthology. 

Website: www.sarahachavez.com

Twitter Username: @sa_chavez7

Publications

• Hands That Break & Scar , Sundress Publications (September 2017)
• All Day, Talking , Dancing Girl Press (September 2014)

Awards

• Fredrick A and Minnie J.M. Stuff Memorial Placement Fellowship(2014)
• Stuff Dissertation Fellowship(2013)
• Susan Atefat Peckham Fellowship(2013)
• Ford Foundation Predoctoral Competition, Honorable Mention(2012)
• Arts & Letters/ Rumi Prize for Poetry, Finalist(2012)
• Vreeland Award for Poetry(2011)
• Chancellor's Doctoral Fellowship(2009)
• Excellence in Education, Ball State University Correctional Education Program(2008)
• Quercus Press Review, Fall Poetry Prize, Honorable Mention(2014)
• Tacoma Artists Initiative Award(2019)

Employment

• T.A. / Instructor at University of Nebraska - Lincoln (August 2009 - May 2014)
• Lecturer at Ball State University (July 2008 - May 2009)
• Lecturer at BSU - Correctional Education Program (May 2007 - August 2008)
• Writing Center Tutor at California State University, Fresno (July 2003 - May 2005)
• Visiting Assistant Professor at Marshall University (August 2014 - May 2018)
• Assistant Professor of Teaching at University of Washington Tacoma (September 2018 - )

Degrees

• Bachelor of Arts in English from California State University - Fresno (May 2003)
• Master of Arts in English/ Creative Writing from Ball State University (May 2007)
• Doctoral Degree in Eng./Creative Writing & Ethnic Studies from University of Nebraska - Lincoln (May 2014)

Genres of Interest

Creative nonfiction, Poetry