Anum Sattar is a recent graduate from College of Wooster in Ohio, USA. Her poems have been published in the American Journal of Poetry (Margie), Deep Overstock, Daily Haiga, Under the Basho, Indicia: a journal curating literary arts, Calliope by Writers’ Special Interest Group (SIG) of American Mensa Ltd, Modern Haiku, Blazevox, Harbinger Asylum, Visitant, Social Alternatives Journal, Foxtrot Uniform, Voice of Eve, Notre Dame Review, GUSTS, Porter Gulch Review, Midway Journal, Willard & Maple, Meniscus Journal by Australian Association of Writing Programs, Indianapolis Review, Lullwater Review, Rat’s Ass Review, North Dakota Quarterly, IDK Magazine, Door is a Jar, Ribbons, South Florida Poetry Journal, Typehouse Literary Magazine, Charles Cater: a working anthology, 50 Haikus, Stuck in the Library, Broadkill Review, Poetry Life and Times, Triggerfish Critical Review, Packingtown Review, Blithe Spirit, Mythic Circle, HOBART, SurVision Magazine, Literary Juice, Coal City Review, Crack the Spine, Lowestoft Chronicle, Taj Mahal Review, FIVE 2 ONE: An Art and Literary Journal, Linnet's Wings, Ragazine, Better than Starbucks, Florida Review, Snow Jewel Journal by Grey Sparrow Press, Oddball Magazine, Artifact Nouveau, Off the Coast, Strange POEtry, Between These Shores Literary & Arts Annual, Conceit Magazine, A New Ulster, Cannon's Mouth, Journal of Contemporary Anglo-Scandinavian Poetry, Wilderness House Literary Review, Poydras Review, Cadaverine, Verbalart: A Global Journal Devoted to Poets & Poetry, Wayne Literary Journal, Ibis Head Review, Avocet: A Journal of Nature Poems, Poets Bridge, Deltona Howl and Tipton Poetry Journal. She won the first Grace Prize and third Vonna Hicks poetry awards at the college. She read out her work at Brooklyn Poets, Spoonbill and Sugartown Bookstore, Forest Hills Library in New York City, Cuyahoga Valley Art Center at Cuyahoga Falls, OH, Bridgewater College in Shenandoah Valley, VA, Cabrillo College in Aptos, CA and Barnes & Noble, Webster, Texas, (sponsored by Cosmic Poets Society). She was recently interviewed at 17 Numa, Houston Pacifica Radio 90.1 FM KPFT and Radio Free Brooklyn. 

Website: https://m.facebook.com/anum.sattar.16?ref=bookmarks

Publications

• “Truly Small” and “weeping willow” , Deep Overstock (June 7, 2020)
• “rosy meadow grasshopper” , Indicia: a journal curating literary arts (April 29, 2020)
• “Feeling Foreign” , Calliope (Writers' Special Interest Group (SIG) of American Mensa, Ltd) (April 18, 2020)
• “crumpled powder puff” and “drunk husband storms off” , Better than Starbucks! (April 11, 2020)
• “indian household” , Modern Haiku (March 17, 2020)
• “God Will Hear,” “sweet mandarin oranges slices,” “sponging dead body,” “watching BBC food shows,” and “stay away” , Blazevox (February 8, 2020)
• “a fresh start” , Poesis (January 8, 2020)
• “iddah” and “unpicked so long” , Rat’s Ass Review (October 26, 2019)
• “The Kitchen Garden” , Social Alternatives Journal (October 2, 2019)
• “oshibana workshop” , Foxtrot Uniform (September 29, 2019)
• “bitter tasting tea” and “yellow dandelion” , Visitant (August 7, 2019)
• “bubbling stream”, “hovering over a hob” and “my lackluster locks” , Harbinger Asylum (August 2, 2019)
• “You See Through Me, I See Through You” , Midway Journal (July 30, 2019)
• "bacterial growth" , GUSTS: Canada's First English Tanka Journal (June 16, 2019)
• "Chicken Broth" , Voice of Eve (April 26, 2019)
• "Scatophilia" , Porter Gulch Review (April 25, 2019)
• "Bandariya Ka Tamasha" , Notre Dame Review (April 21, 2019)
• "light bulb," "rain doves," "stingless bee" and "first rainbow trout" , Meniscus Journal by Australian Association of Writing Programs (March 26, 2019)
• "thai balsam" and "used tampon" , Indianapolis Review (March 22, 2019)
• "racism" , Willard & Maple (March 18, 2019)
• "autumn" and "ecydsis" , North Dakota Quarterly (March 13, 2019)
• "The Forbidden Fruit" , IDK Magazine (March 2, 2019)
• "common pigeon" , Lullwater Review (December 28, 2018)
• "#MeToo" , Door is a Jar (December 23, 2018)
• "a panther chameleon" , Ribbons: Tanka Society of America (December 20, 2018)
• "Purification for the Adhan" , South Florida Poetry Journal (December 9, 2018)
• "Unfairly Refused a Reference Letter for Graduate School" , Typehouse Literary Magazine. (December 6, 2018)
• "Paper Aeroplane" , Charles Cater: a working anthology (December 5, 2018)
• "ferocious tiger" , 50 Haikus (November 29, 2018)
• "My Manuscript/Financial Bind" , Packingtown Review (November 22, 2018)
• "My Manuscript/Financial Bind" and "Paper Aeroplane" , Stuck in the Library (November 11, 2018)
• "White Torture" and "Feminism" , Broadkill Review (November 7, 2018)
• "cooking," "freshly picked apple," "courtesan unfolds a fan," "rotten tomatoes," "giant silk moth," "between the long legs,"fallen off a kathal tree," "after watering," "scared sea turtle," "vaginal discharge," "pinnate prairie," "candy floss at the zoo," , Poetry Life and Times (October 22, 2018)
• "wilting sunflower" , Blithe Spirit Journal by British Haiku Society (October 21, 2018)
• "My Manuscript/Financial Bind" , Literary Juice (October 7, 2018)
• “Panning" , The Mythic Circle (October 3, 2018)
• “Pathetic Fallacy” , Lowestoft Chronicle (August 2, 2018)
• "Solon's Drone" , The Linnet's Wings (July 27, 2018)
• "The Pest" and "The Savage" , Coal City Review (July 14, 2018)
• "Under Glass" and "Paper Aeroplane" , SurVision Magazine (July 1, 2018)
• "Creation Myth" , HOBART (June 28, 2018)
• 'Natural Selection,' 'The Courtship,' 'Parenthood' and 'Another Myth About the Garden' , The Linnet's Wings (June 23, 2018)
• "Horticulture," "The Decoy" and "The Red Pail" , Triggerfish Critical Review (May 7, 2018)
• "Another Myth About the Garden" , Verbalart: A Global Journal Devoted to Poets & Poetry (Volume 3, Issue 1) (April 14, 2018)
• "Perfection" , #thesideshow by FIVE 2 ONE: An Art and Literary Journal, (March 30, 2018)
• "Fairy Tales" , Taj Mahal Review (February 11, 2018)
• "Arrogance," "Attraction" and "A Cautionary Tale with a Happy Ending" , Ragazine Magazine (January 2, 2018)
• "Manipulation" poem , Crack the Spine (December 22, 2017)
• "Family Tables" , Strange Poetry (December 10, 2017)
• "In Defense of a Forced Marriage" , The Florida Review (November 27, 2017)
• "Solon's Drone," "The Courtship" and "A Natural History of the Blind" poems , Deltona Howl Magazine at the Deltona High School in Florida, USA (November 18, 2018)
• "Fairy Tales" , Verbalart: A Global Journal Devoted to Poets & Poetry, Volume. 2, Issue 2. (October 24, 2017)
• "Trust" , Snow Jewel by Grey Sparrow Journal (October 9, 2017)
• "But it's Only a Fairy Tale" poem , Oddball Magazine (October 7, 2017)
• "Another Myth About the Garden." "The Huntsman," " Saviors," "Solon's Drone" and "Natural Selection" poems , The Conceit Magazine (October 4, 2017)
• "Another Myth About the Garden" , The Cadaverine (October 4, 2017)
• "The Courtship" poem , The Weekly Issue of the Avocet: A Journal of Nature Poetry (September 30, 2017)
• "The Courtship" poem , The Ibis Head Review, Volume 2: Issue 3 (September 24, 2017)
• "The Huntsman" and "The Courtship" poems , A New Ulster Issue 60 (September 23, 2017)
• "Solon's Drone," " "Fairy Tales" and "Another Myth About the Garden" poems , Better than Starbucks, Not your ordinary poetry magazine (September 8, 2017)
• "The Hardening" poem , Artifact Nouveau at the San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, California, USA. (September 5, 2017)
• "Natural Selection" poem , Poets Bridge by Brooklyn Poets in NYC (September 2, 2017)
• "Fairy Tales" poem , Poets Bridge by Brooklyn Poets in NYC (August 25, 2017)
• "The Brooding" poem , Between These Shores Literary & Arts Annual in the UK (August 16, 2017)
• "A Natural History of the Blind" and "The Good Family at Breakfast" , The Cannon's Mouth from Birmingham, UK. (July 31, 2017)
• "Another Myth About the Garden" , Poets Bridge by Brooklyn Poets in NYC (July 21, 2017)
• "The Hardening" poem , Journal ( i.e. 'The Journal of Contemporary Anglo-Scandinavian Poetry') (July 10, 2017)
• "The Daughter in Law" poem , Poydras Review (July 2, 2017)
• "Saviors" poem , Wayne Literary Review (June 6, 2017)
• "The Brooding" poem , Wilderness House Literary Review 12/1. (May 24, 2017)
• "Natural Selection" poem , Tipton Poetry Journal (April 23, 2017)
• "The Huntsman" and "Family Tables" poems , The American Journal of Poetry (Margie) (April 4, 2017)
• "The Good Family at Breakfast" poem , Off the Coast Poetry Journal (March 15, 2017)
• "Fairy Tales," "Parenthood," and "Another Myth About the Garden" , The American Journal of Poetry (Margie) (January 1, 2017)

Awards

• "The Good Family at Breakfast" poem won the Vonna Hicks Poetry Award (3rd place) at the College of Wooster, OH, USA(2016)
• "Horticulture," "The Decoy" and "The Red Pail" won the Grace Prize Poetry Award (1rst Place) at the College of Wooster in OH, USA(2018)
• "The Pest" won the Vonna Hicks Poetry Award (3rd place) at the College of Wooster, OH, USA(2019)

Degrees

• Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Language from College of Wooster (August 2019)

Genres of Interest

Poetry