Awards & Recognition

Sara T. Baker’s fiction, poetry, and screenwriting have earned recognition from national and international prizes, as well as prestigious residencies.

Honors and Awards

  • Winner, Steel Toe Books Prose Award for Sacrifice: Stories (2024).

  • Finalist, Eludia Award for Poised for Departure (2015).

  • Finalist, Gertrude Stein Award in Fiction (2014).

  • Shortlisted, Bridport Prize, Fiction (2012).

  • Shortlisted, Fish Short Story Prize (2012).

  • Commended, Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine (2011).

  • Finalist, Hemingway Days First Novel Contest (1996).

  • Runner-up, Phoebe Fiction Award for “Absolution” (1998).

  • Semi-finalist, Heekin Fellowship Awards (1994).

  • Semi-finalist, CineStory Screenplay Awards for One of Us (1997).

Residencies and Fellowships

  • Hambidge Center Fellow (three awards).

  • Scholarships, Community of Writers at Squaw Valley (1991 and 1995).

Additional Recognition

  • Two first-place awards, Sandhills Writers Conference (Novel, judged by Janet Burroway; Screenwriting).

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