Sally Ziph was named a Finalist for the Two Sylvias Wilder Poetry Book Prize and was nominated for Best of the Net in 2023. She received her MFA degree from Miami University (Ohio) and in 2020 was named the first runner-up for the American Academy of Poets Prize. Her poems and stories have appeared in The Five-Two, Bear River Review, Third Wednesday, Invisible City, Quartet, and Moon Cola, among others. As an undergrad she received a University of Michigan Hopwood Award (1st place) for fiction.