Raised in a renovated slaughterhouse on the outskirts of Wilmington, Ohio, Shannon C. Ward is author of the poetry collection, Blood Creek. A recipient of the Foley Poetry Award, the White Oak Kitchen Prize in Southern Poetry, and the Nazim Hikmet Poetry Prize, Ward has also been a resident fellow at Yaddo, Willapa Bay Air, Norton Island, Brush Creek Ranch, and the Anderson Center. Her poems have appeared in many excellent journals, including New Ohio Review, Great River Review, Tar River Poetry, and others. She received an MFA in Poetry from North Carolina State University in 2009 and is the Executive Editor of Longleaf Press.
Shannon Camlin Ward
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Shannon Camlin Ward 
Shannon, I am so glad to have found your site! I remember you as the most gifted in that poetry class we shared a decade or so ago and you have fulfilled all the promise! Best to you and thanks for sharing your gift with us all! – Sara VanderClute
Thank you, I really appreciate your post about the Holly House (one of the very few I can find on the web as I research it)!
I am so glad the post was helpful! The Holly House is a magical place, and the people who run it are the best.
I enjoyed our conversation and look forward to reading your work.
-Loyal