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Sylvia Hollis Ward Member Member since 2015

Grief, bodies, place, and the uncanny

Fiction Poetry Nonfiction Visual Art Photography

Sylvia Hollis Ward is a writer based in Jacksonville, Florida. Her writing explores grief, the body, and place through dark humor and surreal or speculative elements. Her nonfiction has appeared in Human Parts, Invisible Illness, and The Startup on Medium. Her poems "Coxae" and "TUESDAY" were selected for consideration in the eighth volume of (a) river rising: Anthology of Women’s Voices. She is currently pursuing an MA in English at the University of North Florida. When she is not writing, she is usually reading, crocheting, painting, photographing Florida, spending time with her family and animals, or making other strange things.

Location:
Jacksonville, FL
Birthdate:
25 June (42 years old)
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Sylvia Hollis Ward's Publication History

Dec 2026
(a) river rising: Anthology of Women's Voices will publish Coxae
Poem 
Dec 2026
(a) river rising: Anthology of Women's Voices will publish TUESDAY
Apr 2025
Essay 
Mar 2020
The Startup published Grief in the Time of COVID 19
Essay 
May 2019
Essay 

Last Updated: 15 Sep 2026

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