Writer of multiple genres.

“But this mountain will not leave me alone, wanting not only sweet soft words but everything I have left, which is not so much really.”

—C.A. Davids, How to be a Revolutionary (Verso Books, 2023)

Molly Sturdevant’s writing ranges widely in form. Her poetry, essays, and short stories include several Best of the Net and Pushcart nominations, and she has been a finalist for The Montana Prize for Fiction. As a Western Federation of Miners Union scholar, Sturdevant writes to explore class consciousness and shared power. Her work consistently serves as a study of place and environment, focusing on the landscapes and histories of the Rocky Mountain West and Midwest.

Her forthcoming novel (Regal House, 2026) bis ased on a true historical event: a year-long silver-mining strike in 1896 in the central Rocky Mountains. Her research has taken her to the Lake County Public Library Archives and the Western Federation of Miners' Unions Archives at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Awards, Professional Development, Recognition 

Finalist, The Mary Blinn Prize in Poetry, After Hours Press, September 2025.

Pushcart nominee, poetry, The Goodlife Review, October 2025.

Speaker, History of Colorado Exhibition Opening: Unearthed. Voices of Leadville’s Shanty Irish. Leadville Colorado, Sept. 2023

Participant, Mesa Verde Writer’s Conference, Mancos Colorado, 2023.

Participant, The Clearing Folk School, Poetry Course. Door County Wisconsin. Summer 2022.

Supported Researcher, Western Federation of Miners Union Archives, Norlin Library Rare and Distinctive Collections, University of Colorado Boulder.

Best Small Fiction nominee, SunDog Lit, December 2021

Pushcart nominee, poetry, The Midwest Review, October 2021

Best of the Net nominee, fiction, The Westchester Review, October 2021

Pushcart nominee, poetry, The Lily Poetry Review, September 2020

Semi-finalist, flash fiction, The Chestnut Review Summer Fiction Contest, 2021

Finalist, poetry, Three Mile Harbor Press Chapbook Contest, February 2021

Honorable Mention, Connecticut River Review Annual Poetry Contest, October 2020

Second Place, Westerns, The League of Utah Writers, August 2019

Finalist, The Montana Prize for Fiction, Cutbank, 2019

Winner, New Millennium Writings Fiction Contest Winner, October 2017

Top 25 Emerging Writers, Glimmer Train Press, October 2017

Recent Work