About Beth Suter
Beth Suter grew up in the rural Ozarks close to grandparents who survived the great depression by gathering wild food. She learned that the forest was both a place to look for beauty and a place to look for lunch. She has had a deep connection with nature ever since and considers herself an ecopoet. She started writing poems as an undergraduate at U.C. Davis while studying Environmental Science and continued writing during her years as a naturalist and teacher.
She started publishing poetry in 2013 and has since appeared in over forty publications including Colorado Review, New American Writing, Barrow Street, DMQ Review, and Birmingham Poetry Review. She won first place in the Ina Coolbrith Poetry Contest, Nature Category, in 2013 and was chosen as a finalist in the Pat Schneider Poetry Contest in 2015. A 2016 Napa Valley Writers’ Conference alumna, she has been twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize and once nominated for a Best of the Net Prize in 2020. She participates widely in workshops and readings both in Davis and at the Sacramento Poetry Center. Her 2022 debut chapbook Snake and Eggs was a finalist in Finishing Line Press’s New Women’s Voices Contest.