Sylvia Schwartz

Fiction Writer

Hoboken, NJ
New Jersey US
Email: 
sylvia.b.schwartz@gmail.com
Website: 
www.sylviaschwartz.com
Twitter/X: 
@aivlys99

Author's Bio

Sylvia Schwartz’s short stories and poetry have been chosen by online literary magazines not only in the U.S. but also in publications originating in Spain, India, and Canada demonstrating the universal appeal of her writing. Sylvia has studied literary fiction at the Writers Studio and One Story in New York. She is an assistant editor at Narrative Magazine and lives in Hoboken, NJ. Read more about her here: http://bit.ly/Writer-Spotlight, and http://bit.ly/WriterSpectacleInterview.

Publications & Prizes

Journals:
50 Give or Take
,
Ariel Chart
,
Bluebird's Scribe Review
,
Bold + Italic
,
BOMBFIRE
,
Bright Flash Literary Review
,
Bull & Cross
,
Dillydoun Review
,
Edify Fiction
,
Five on the Fifth
,
LitBreak Magazine
,
Page & Spine
,
Potato Soup Journal
,
Rain, Party, & Disaster Society
,
Remington Review
,
Savant-Garde
,
The Airgonaut
,
The Vignette Review
,
Write Launch
Prizes won: 

"Becoming One" was chosen for Potato Soup Journal's 2021 Anthology, and "What Sparked It?" for their 2020 anthology. "The Man Who Stopped Speaking" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Bold + Italic. "Very Very Very Very Very" was featured in Edify Fiction's "Best of the Best" anthology. 

The play "Twenty Seconds" was produced for the Coronavirus Play Project; "Don't Vote" was produced by Primary Stages in NYC, "Colorblind" and "Alexa" were produced for the New Jersey One-Minute Play Festival; and"Will the Dodgers Leave New York?" won 3rd place in Hoboken's One-Act Play Festival.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Kansas City, MO
Missouri
Raised in: 
Skokie, IL
Illinois
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Last update: Oct 16, 2024