[11] Her short story collection Tongue Party was selected by writer and judge Deb Olin Unferth as the winner of the 2010 Caketrain Chapbook Competition.
"[14] LitStack's review praised the book as well, stating that "Sarah Rose Etter uses all of the tools and talents at her disposal — her memory, her body, her touch — to pack her small stories with meaning and emotion.
"[20] Cleveland Review of Books said it "blurs the lines between the real and the surreal, forcing readers to confront the sense of danger the uncanny evokes.
[25] It follows a woman whose dream job with a cutthroat Silicon Valley start-up pushes her into increasingly unethical territory while she navigates an unplanned pregnancy and the relentless pull of the black hole that has been her constant companion since birth.
[27] Etter delivered a keynote address at the 2017 Society for the Study of American Women Writers conference, held at Bordeaux Montaigne University.