Biography

Sarah Ens is a writer and editor based in Treaty 1 territory (Winnipeg, MB). She is the author of two books of poetry, both published by Turnstone Press. The World Is Mostly Sky, her debut collection, was shortlisted for the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award and the Lansdowne Prize for Poetry. Her second book, a long poem titled Flyway, came out in 2022. Winner of The New Quarterly's Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest and Room Magazine's Short Forms Contest, Sarah has published poetry and non-fiction in magazines including Prairie Fire, Arc Poetry Magazine, Contemporary Verse 2, and Poetry Is Dead.

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Sarah holds a BFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia and an MFA in Writing from the University of Saskatchewan. 

 

A freelance editor and copyeditor on a variety of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry projects, Sarah is also the sales and marketing supervisor at University of Manitoba Press.