Mary Ardery
Poetry
& a bit of photography & prose
PUBLICATIONS
SELECTED ONLINE
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Crab Orchard Review: "Long Distance"
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The Swannanoa Review: "Deeper into the Backcountry"
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Cider Press Review: "When I Saw Wings"
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Passages North: "Outcomes"
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The Indianapolis Review: Two Poems
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The Hopper: "The Darkest Time of the Year"
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Twyckenham Notes: Four Poems
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New Ohio Review Online: "Compassion Fatigue"
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EcoTheo: "Afterward"
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Moist Poetry Journal: "Song of the River in Winter"
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Bear Review: "Portrait of Wilderness Rehab as The Things They Carried"
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Sonora Review: "They're Not Lying When They Tell You You'll Dream of the Dead II"
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Baltimore Review: "Kawana Campsite"
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Porter House Review: "Missing"
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SWWIM: "Portrait of Wilderness Rehab as Terrarium"
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Cold Mountain Review: Two Poems
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Cincinnati Review's "miCRo" series: "Assistant Guide" (autofiction)
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Missouri Review's "Poem of the Week": "Is This What People Mean?"
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Miracle Monocle: Three Poems
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The Indianapolis Review: Featured Artist (photography)
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Poets.org: "Fear of Drowning"
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Two Peach: "Learning of Your Overdose"
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Parks & Points: "Hiking Uphill" (nonfiction)
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SELECTED PRINT
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Beloit Poetry Journal: Two Poems
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River Styx: "Little Lost Cove"
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Salamander: "Moving to a Tourist Town"
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Poet Lore: "Snowed in at Base Camp on Valentine's Day"
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Best New Poets 2021: "Fourth-Grade Soundtrack"
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Wayfinding anthology: Two Poems
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december: "Portrait of My Grandfather on Rewind"
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FOLIO: "They're Not Lying When They Tell You You'll Dream of the Dead III"
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The Sun: "Books: Rare, Medium, Well Done" (photography)
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Salt Hill: "Portrait of Wilderness Rehab with Omen"
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Prairie Schooner: "What Could Have Been"
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Fairy Tale Review: "When I Bring You Home"
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RHINO: "They're Not Lying When They Tell You You'll Dream of the Dead"
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NEWS
JANUARY 2025
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Mary's manuscript is Second Runner-Up for the 2024 42 Miles Press Poetry Award​​
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NOVEMBER 2024
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The Indianapolis Star publishes Mary's op-ed about paid parental leave in Indiana
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OCTOBER 2024
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Mary's chapbook manuscript is a finalist for the Adrift Chapbook Prize with Driftwood Press
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Mary's manuscript is a two-time finalist for the Autumn House Press Poetry Prize
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AUGUST 2024
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Mary's manuscript is a finalist for the 2024 reading period with River River Books
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The Indianapolis Star publishes Mary's op-ed about the cost of child care​
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JULY 2024
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Mary receives a Phi Beta Kappa Love of Learning Grant to attend the Midwest Writers Workshop
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DIAGRAM publishes Mary's review of Jessica Johnson's Mettlework (Acre Books, 2024)
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MAY 2024
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Mary is a virtual guest for a Living Writers class at The Ellis School​
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APRIL 2024
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Mary reads at Dream Palace Books to celebrate the book launch of Sam Fain's Are You There
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MARCH 2024
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Mary's manuscript is a finalist for the 2024 Rising Writer Prize in Poetry with Autumn House Press
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FEBRUARY 2024
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Mary's manuscript is a finalist for the 2023 Cowles Poetry Prize with Southeast Missouri State University Press
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Mary's manuscript is a four-time finalist for the Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize with MSU Press
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OCTOBER 2023
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Mary's manuscript is a finalist for the 2023 Autumn House Press Poetry Prize
Mary's manuscript is a semifinalist for the 2023 Richard Snyder Prize with Ashland Poetry Press
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ABOUT
Mary Ardery was born and raised in Bloomington, Indiana. She earned degrees from DePauw University (B.A.) and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (M.F.A.), where she won an Academy of American Poets Prize. Her work experience includes camp counseling, catering, painting dorm rooms, harvesting vineyards, leading therapeutic wilderness expeditions, teaching college-level creative writing and composition, and serving patrons at a public library. The recipient of a Lifelong Arts fellowship from the Indiana Arts Commission, Mary currently lives, works, and writes in West Lafayette, Indiana with her husband, son, and Boston Terrier named Bug.
