Sara Dudo is the associate editor for Palette Poetry, an adjunct professor of writing, and a recent MFA graduate from the University of Nevada Las Vegas. She has received nominations for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Best New Poets, and received the International Merit Award in the Atlanta Review 2024 International Poetry Competition. When Sara is not working or writing, she enjoys exploring the desert, road-tripping, surfing, sea glass hunting, and spending time with her husband Ray and her dog Layla.
By Sara Dudo
In preparation for Palette’s Pen Pal Poetry Challenge, opening on September 25, 2025, editor-in-chief Elyssia Nguyen and associate editor Sara Dudo compiled four writing activities to kickstart your writing, and additionally, collaborated in writing four poems for each activity as an example and guide!