Published Short Stories, Essays, Poetry & Dramatic Works

Sara T. Baker’s short stories, personal essays, poetry, and dramatic works appear in prestigious journals and anthologies—and they've been recognized by awards such as the Hippocrates Prize. Her work explores identity, healing, and the shifting moments that redefine connection, inviting readers into spaces where emotion and insight meet.

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Short Stories

  • Aqua Alta, The Write Launch Literary Magazine, Issue 39 (July 2020)

  • My Name is Anne, Texas Review (Summer 2018)

  • A Change in the Weather, Crab Orchard Review (Summer 2017)

  • Mail-Order Bride, Cleaver Magazine (September 2015)

  • The Sun in Cannes, The Intima Journal (Spring 2015)

  • The Arrow of Time, Confrontation (May 2015)

  • Margaret of Achill, H.O.W. (Fall/Winter 2014)

  • Kryptonite Woman, The Examined Life Journal (Winter 2012)

Essays

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  • The Truth in Facts Is a Derelict Ruin: Forging a Self Through Fiction, Hektoen International (January 2017)

  • On Knowing What to Do with the Dying, The Intima Journal (September 2015)

  • Bright Boy, The China Grove Journal #3 (March 2015)

  • Solomon and Hilda Are Dead; Long Live Solomon and Hilda!, Miglior Award-Winning Essays, Volume 1 (2015)

  • Tell It Slant: History, Memory and Imagination in the Healing Writing Workshop, Traumatology (December 2009)

  • Empathy and Imagination, Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine (2007

Poetry

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  • Egret, Southern Poetry Review (Forthcoming Fall 2024)

  • The Japanese Word for Persimmon, Poetry East #102–103 (Fall 2021)

  • Tulum Morning, Crab Creek Review (November 2020)

  • White Bird, Dark Water, Glassworks (Fall 2019)

  • Mother-Tongue, The Maine Review (Fall 2017)

  • Chimeras, Apalachee Review, Issue 65 (2015)

  • Chihuahua, Stone, River, Sky: An Anthology of Georgia Poetry (Negative Capability Press, Fall 2015)

  • What Do the Dying Want?, The Intima Journal (Spring 2015)

  • Lumbar Puncture, Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine Anthology (2011)

  • Brancusi’s Egg, Journal of Poetry Therapy, Vol. 21 #3 (September 2008)

  • Catechism, Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine (2007

Drama & Adaptations

A black and white poster titled 'A Wagner Matinee' with a subtitle indicating it's a dramatization by Sara Baker, featuring characters like Postman, Clark Hamilton, Mrs. Springer, Georgiana Carpenter, Howard Carpenter, First Woman, and Second Woman. The poster includes a portrait of an elderly woman and a brief biography of Willa Cather, highlighting her as an American novelist and short-story writer. The production is from September 1993, with illustrations by Denise Hilton-Putnam.

  • Women of a Certain Rage, University of Georgia (table read, Fall 2021)

  • Semifinalist, CineStory Screenplay Awards (1997) for One of Us (full-length screenplay)

  • A Wagner Matinee, Literary Cavalcade, Vol. 46 #1 (September 1993); adapted for radio — Public Media Foundation/NPR Boston (Winter 1993) and BBC Radio 4 (Spring 1995)

  • Honorable Mention (Short Screenplays), Looking for Sylvia, Image Film and Video Screenwriting Contest (November 1990