About

Christine Sloan Stoddard is a Salvadoran-American author, artist, and filmmaker. She is the founder of Quail Bell Press & Productions, including Quail Bell Magazine and the Badass Lady-Folk podcast. As an author, her titles include Heaven is a Photograph (CLASH Books), Naomi & The Reckoning (Finishing Line Press), Two Plays (Table Work Press), Belladonna Magic (Shanti Arts), Desert Fox by the Sea (Hoot 'n' Waddle), Water for the Cactus Woman (Spuyten Duyvil), and Hispanic and Latino Heritage in Virginia (The History Press), among others. Her chapbooks have been published by Dancing Girl Press, Semiperfect Press, AngelHousePress, Another New Calligraphy, and other publishers. You can find her work in Ms. Magazine, Bustle, The Feminist Wire, Teen Vogue, Marie Claire, The Huffington Post, Yes! Magazine, Digital America, Native Peoples Magazine, Amazon.com's Day One, and beyond. She has also written for stage, screen, and radio/podcasts. Her first feature film, which she wrote, directed, and starred in, is Sirena's Gallery. Stoddard is a graduate of VCUarts in Richmond, Virginia and The City College of New York-CUNY in Manhattan.

Other Works

  • Naomi & The Reckoning

    2020
  • Her Plumage: An Anthology of Women's Writings From Quail Bell Magazine

    2020
  • Two Plays: True Believer by Justin Hehir and Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares by Christine Sloan Stoddard

    2020
  • Hello, New York: The Living And Dead

    2020
  • Belladonna Magic: Spells in the Form of Poetry & Photography

    2019
  • Desert Fox by the Sea

    2019
  • Force Fed

    2019
  • Things Mother Said To Me During Puberty

    2019
  • Water for the Cactus Woman

    2018
  • Hispanic & Latino Heritage in Virginia

    2016

Awards and Recognition

  • "Ms. Muse," Ms. Magazine
  • "Poet of the Month," Brooklyn Poets
  • Table Work Press National Playwriting Competition
  • FOLIO:'s Top 20 Media Visionaries in their 20s
  • Puffin Foundation's National Emerging Artist Grant
  • 1st Place - Arts & Humanities, The City College of New York's Graduate Student Research Symposium
  • Blanche Mason Starkweather Award, The City College of New York