title: S. A. Stepanek
text: # S. A. Stepanek
  
  Sally Anna Stepanek (July 1, 1960 – October 6, 2019) was an American poet. She graduated from the Iowa Writer's Workshop with an M.F.A. and from the University of Houston with a Ph.D. Stepanek taught at Wheaton College.
  
  She was on a panel at the 2007 Association of Writers & Writing Programs. Stepanek won the 2005 National Poetry Series award.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * 2005 National Poetry Series, for Three, Breathing selected by Mary Ruefle
  
  ## Works
  
  * Three, Breathing. Wave Books. 2006. ISBN 978-1-933517-12-4.
  