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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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Academy of American Poets: "Fear of Drowning"

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Two Peach: "Learning of Your Overdose"

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Boudin: "Trying to Make the 2.5-Hour Drive to the Trailhead Before Rain" (nonfiction)

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Parks & Points: "Hiking Uphill" (nonfiction)

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Beloit Poetry Journal: Two Poems (forthcoming)

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River Styx: "Little Lost Cove" (forthcoming)

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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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June 2022

Mary's manuscript is a two-time finalist for the Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize (Emerging) with MSU Press

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March 2022

Mary's manuscript is a semi-finalist for the 2022 Perugia Press Prize

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February 2022

Mary is Runner-Up for the 2021 Joe Bolton Poetry Award with Twyckenham Notes

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December 2021

Mary's micro-review of Amy Woolard's Neck of the Woods (Alice James Books, 2020) is published on Southern Indiana Review's "Meter Reader"

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October 2021

Mary is accepted into the inaugural Lifelong Arts Indiana cohort of teaching artists

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September 2021

Mary's poem is selected for Best New Poets 2021, guest edited by Kaveh Akbar

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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

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June 2021

Mary's manuscript is a finalist for the 2021 Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize (Emerging) with MSU Press

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April 2021

Mary reads at the virtual Parks & Points event to celebrate the Wayfinding anthology

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December 2020

Mary is a finalist for the Scotti Merrill Award to the Key West Literary Seminar

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November 2020

Mary's piece "Assistant Guide" is nominated for Best Microfiction by Cincinnati Review

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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 works for the Tippecanoe County Public Library and teaches at Purdue University. She lives in West Lafayette, IN with her husband and dogs, Daisy and Bug.