Shuly Xóchitl Cawood is a writer and author. Her books include:
The poetry collection, Something So Good It Can Never Be Enough (Press 53), finalist for the 2024 Tennessee Book Award (poetry).
The flash essay collection, What the Fortune Teller Would Have Said, winner of the 2022 Iron Horse Literary Review Prose Chapbook Competition.
The short story collection, A Small Thing to Want (Press 53), winner of the 2021 Independent Publisher Bronze Medal for Short Fiction
The poetry collection, Trouble Can Be So Beautiful at the Beginning (Mercer University Press), winner of the 2019 Adrienne Bond Award for Poetry
The little advice book, 52 Things I Wish I Could Have Told Myself When I Was 17 (Cimarron Books)
And the memoir, The Going and Goodbye, (Platypus Press).
She has an MFA in creative writing from Queens University and an MA in journalism from The Ohio State University. She writes columns for the Johnson City Press, and she is also the creative nonfiction editor for Prime Number Magazine.
Her creative writing has appeared in places such as The New York Times, The Sun, Rattle, and Brevity, among others, and her work has been nominated several times for a Pushcart Prize. Find all her books here.
She teaches writing workshops. Learn about her classes here.
You can email her at: shulycawood [at] gmail [dot] com.
