Mary Ardery
Poetry
& a bit of photography & prose
PUBLICATIONS
SELECTED ONLINE
EcoTheo: "Afterward" (forthcoming)
Chestnut Review: "Swimming at Becca's Before We Heard What Happened"
Bear Review: "Portrait of Wilderness Rehab as The Things They Carried"
Sonora Review: "They're Not Lying When They Tell You You'll Dream of the Dead II"
Rise Up Review: "They're Not Lying When They Tell You You'll Dream of the Dead" (reprint) and "Blood Clots"
Baltimore Review: "Kawana Campsite"
Porter House Review: "Missing"
SWWIM: "Portrait of Wilderness Rehab as Terrarium"
Cold Mountain Review: Two Poems
Cincinnati Review's "miCRo" series: "Assistant Guide" (autofiction)
Missouri Review's "Poem of the Week": "Is This What People Mean?"
Miracle Monocle: Three Poems
The Indianapolis Review: Featured Artist (photography)
Academy of American Poets: "Fear of Drowning"
Atticus Review: "What the River Wants"
Two Peach: "Learning of Your Overdose"
Boudin: "Trying to Make the 2.5-Hour Drive to the Trailhead Before Rain" (nonfiction)
Parks & Points: "Hiking Uphill" (nonfiction)
SELECTED PRINT
Salamander: "Moving to a Tourist Town" (forthcoming)
Poet Lore: "Snowed-In at Base Camp on Valentine's Day" (forthcoming)
Wayfinding anthology: Two Poems
december: "Portrait of My Grandfather on Rewind"
FOLIO: "They're Not Lying When They Tell You You'll Dream of the Dead III"
Chautauqua: "The Red Sea"
The Sun: "Books: Rare, Medium, Well Done" (photography)
Salt Hill: "Portrait of Wilderness Rehab with Omen"
Prairie Schooner: "What Could Have Been"
Fairy Tale Review: "When I Bring You Home"
RHINO: "They're Not Lying When They Tell You You'll Dream of the Dead"
NEWS
July 2021
Mary reads poems from the Wayfinding anthology (Finishling Line Press) and talks about poetry and public lands on the Skylit podcast with Skylight Books
June 2021
Mary's manuscript is a finalist for the 2021 Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize (Emerging) with MSU Press
April 2021
Mary reads at the virtual Parks & Points event to celebrate the Wayfinding anthology
December 2020
Mary is a finalist for the Scotti Merrill Award to the Key West Literary Seminar
November 2020
Mary's piece "Assistant Guide" is nominated for Best Microfiction by Cincinnati Review
October 2020
Mary reads at the virtual Adroit Staff Open Mic
September 2020
Mary's poem "Fire" is named a finalist for Indiana Review's 2020 1/2 K Prize
August 2020
Mary's manuscript is named a semifinalist by YesYes Books for the 2020 Pamet River Prize
July 2020
Mary's poem "Missing" wins third place in Porter House Review's 2019 Editor's Prize, judged by Ada Limón
May 2020
Mary becomes a Poetry Reader for The Adroit Journal
"The Woman in the Woods" is now a video poem, read aloud by J. Fergus and filmed
by Sunny Strader
April 2020
"Is This What People Mean?" is featured on the Missouri Review's "Poems Against
March 2020
Mary successfully defends her Master of Fine Arts thesis at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
ABOUT
Mary Ardery is originally from Bloomington, IN. She earned degrees from DePauw University (BA) and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (MFA), where she won an Academy of American Poets Prize, directed the 2019 Little Grassy Literary Festival, and served as an Assistant Editor for Crab Orchard Review. Other work experience includes camp counseling, catering, painting dorm rooms, harvesting vineyards, leading therapeutic wilderness expeditions, and teaching creative writing and composition at the college level. Currently, she serves as a Poetry Reader for The Adroit Journal and works for Tippecanoe County Public Library. She lives in West Lafayette, IN with her husband and their two dogs, Daisy and Bug.
