Sarah Cortez

Sarah Cortez is founder and president of Catholic Literary Arts.
http://www.catholicliteraryarts.org A professional writer and editor, educator and public speaker,
she is a fellow of the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture and a Scanlan Fellow at the
University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX. She has functioned as an educational consultant for
Harris County Department of Education and trained teachers through Humanities Texas. She is
the founder of Fearless Writing, an online source of accessible resources enabling educators and
parents to teach creative writing. https://www.fearlesswriters.net/ She began the international
San Miguel Allende writing classes in Guanajuato, Mexico. Her work has appeared in many
journals such as, Rattle, Texas Monthly, Chiron Review, The Sun, Presence: A Journal of
Catholic Poetry, and Catholic Arts Today where she is a contributing editor. She is the arts
columnist for St. Austin’s Review. Winner of awards, such as the PEN Texas Award in Poetry,
the Southwest Book Award, the National Federation of Press Women Awards, and multiple
International Latino Book Awards, Ms. Cortez has authored and/or edited fourteen volumes
spanning all genres.