Sara Hovda is a transgender woman from rural Minnesota. She received her MFA from the University of California, Riverside. Her first book, Night’s Grammar, won the Trio Award from Trio House Press and will be published in July of 2027. Her poem, “Men and Starlings and Women,” won the 2026 Editors Prize from The Adroit Journal, and her work has appeared or is forthcoming in magazines such as North American Review, South Dakota Review, and Permafrost, among others.
Education
MFA – University of California-Riverside-Creative Writing and Performing Arts (Poetry), 2024-2027
MA – University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire-English (Poetry), 2015-2018
BA – Winona State University-English (English Literature and Creative Writing), 2009-2014
