Sarah M. Cedeño, MFA

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Ms.Sarah M. Cedeño, MFA

(she/her)

Lecturer

(585) 395-5922
scedeno@brockport.edu
Office: Liberal Arts 247
Website
Office Hours:

MWF, 12:30-1:30 pm and by appointment, 247 LAB

Education

• MFA, Writing, Fiction; Goddard College, Plainfield, VT, May 2014
• MA, English, Creative Writing; State University of New York, College at Brockport, May 2006
• BA, English, Creative Writing; State University of New York, College at Brockport, May 2004

Areas of Specialty

• Fiction writing
• Memoir
• Contemporary American fiction
• Writing Illness
• Writing historical fiction
• Document-based fiction
• Alternative forms (hermit crab essay)
• Creative writing pedagogy
• Novella 

Courses Taught

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, COLLEGE AT BROCKPORT, ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, JANUARY 2008-PRESENT

• Fiction Workshop
• Intro to Creative Writing
• College Composition
• Fundamentals of College Composition
• Narrative Nonfiction (Delta College)
• Intro to Honors
• Advanced Fiction Writing
• Business Writing

Research Interests

• Short fiction
• Memoir
• Contemporary American literature

• Awards/Recognitions

  2022 Dean of Arts & Sciences Adjunct Instructor of the Year

  2020 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching

• Recent Publications

  PUBLICATIONS/CREATIVE WORK

  •  Not Something We Discuss Often, (chapbook on illness and womanhood) Harbor   Editions, November 2022 
  • “The Visible Woman,” (creative essay) Salamander, Spring 2022
  • “In Memory of Betty Finch,” (flash fiction) Lake Affect Magazine, Winter 2022
  • “Future Care Instructions for Your Wife with Multiple Sclerosis,” (flash nonfiction) Brevity, September 2021
  • “Safe Ashore,” (creative essay) Stonecoast Review, June 2021
  • “re-turn,” (flash fiction) The Citron Review, June 2020 
  • “A Picture of Natural Demise,” (creative essay) Clockhouse, July 2019
  • “On the Road’s Shoulder,” (creative essay) Punctuate, November 2018
  • “Stairway to Heaven found,” (poem) 2Bridges, 2018
  • “The Healer,” (creative essay) The Journal, April 2018
  • “On Small,” (creative essay) Under the Gum Tree, January 2018
  • “World’s Tiniest Earthquake Destroys Just One House,” (poem) The Pinch, Fall 2017
  • “Aftermath,” (creative essay) Baltimore Review, Summer 2016 
  • “On Time, Memory and Investigative Journaling of the Self: A Conversation with Dani Shapiro,” (interview) Clockhouse. Volume 3 2015 
  • “You Hear Night Sounds,” The Rumpus. July 2014. (short fiction)
  • “A Moon Story,” Hippocampus Magazine, July 2014. (creative essay)
  • “The Judgement,” The Red Line, Bodies Theme. Issue 8, Mar 2014. 42-45. (critical commentary)
  • Working Writers Series: Sarah Cedeño,” The Missouri Review, Fall 2013. (interview)
  • “Crossing the Bridge”, The Pitkin Review, Fall 2013. (creative essay)
  • Coapman & the Bandits,” Democrat & Chronicle RocRoots, June 2013. (nonfiction)
  • “The Leather Jacket,” Lake Affect Magazine, June 2013. (flash fiction)
  • “Sibling Revelry,” Animal Literary Magazine, Spring 2013. (creative essay)
  • “File No. 209,” DIAGRAM, 12.5, Fall 2012. (found fiction)
  • “Dear,” Bellevue Literary Review: A Journal of Humanity and Human Experience. NYU: New York. 12.1, Fall 2012: 72-73. (poem)
  • “Vitamin D and Frisbees,” Love Rise Up: An Anthology of Social Justice, Protest, and Hope. Benu Press, Hopkins, MN. Summer 2012: 50. (poem)
  • “Fledgling,” Redactions Literary Journal: Poetry, Poetics & Prose. Issue 15, April 2012. (short fiction)
  • “Spent,” Literary Mama, April 2011. (creative essay)
  • “Recession Proof,” Six Sentences, August 2010. (flash fiction)

   

  READINGS AND PRESENTATIONS

  • “What Can You Do with a Master’s Degree in English?” Alumni Round- table discussion, State University of New York at Brockport. April 2014.
  • “The Pitkin Review,” literary magazine reading and presentation, Goddard College, Vermont. June 2013
  • “Document-based Fiction,” a seminar, Goddard College, Vermont. June 2013.
  • “Goddard College,” a reading, Goddard College, Vermont. January 2013.
  • “True and Untrue Stories,” a reading with Anne Panning and Sarah Cedeño. A Different Path Gallery, Nov 2010.

  WORKS-IN-PROGRESS

  • Cold Storage: stories and a novella
• Presentations

  Writers & Books Visiting Writers Series. Writers & Books, Rochester, NY. May 30, 2023.

  Laker Day Guest Interview and Discussion. Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua, NY. April 11, 2023.

  The Writers Forum. SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY. February 15, 2023.

  No Nonsense Roundtable Interview. Rochester, NY. January 15, 2023.

  Genesee Reading Series. Writers & Books, Rochester, NY. April 9 2019.

Additional Experience

• Clockhouse Review, Associate Fiction Editor, August 2014-Present
• Animal Literary Magazine, Fiction Editor, January 2014-Present
• The Red Line International Literary Journal, Guest Judge, “Bodies” Issue March 2014-May 2014
• SUNY Brockport English Department, Member-at-Large, Fall 2013-Present
• Emily L. Knapp Library and Museum of Local History, Secretary, Spring 2013-Present
• The Pitkin Review, Goddard College, Editor-in-Chief, Fall 2013
• The Pitkin Review, Goddard College, Fiction Editor, Spring 2013
• The Pitkin Review, Goddard College, Nonfiction Editor, Fall 2012
• SUNY Brockport English Department, Maggie Fox/Calvin Rich Award Committee, Evaluator of student submissions, Spring 2011
• Educational Opportunity GPS Mentoring Program, Mentor, Fall 2010-Fall 2012
• Review Assessment, SUNY Brockport Composition Program, Assistant and Reviewer, December 2009
• The Writers Forum, Assistant to the Directors, August 2005-May 2006