- Sion reading at Shakespeare & Co, Paris (Photo credit: Calvin Chan)
“Sion doesn’t see challenges, she sees pathways, and doesn’t give up until the destination is reached. Great listener, kind, funny. A pleasure to work with!”
– Michelle J. Gilliam, Owner & Artistic Director, Improv MKE
HONORS/AWARDS
As a River longlisted, 2021 Crook’s Corner Book Prize
As a River named a 2020 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award nominee in the Debut Fiction category
As a River named a 2019 Foreword INDIES Book Award Finalist
Honorary Writer-in-Residence, The Mount, Edith Wharton’s house, April 2016
Stone Court Writer-in-Residence, February-May 2016
Writer-in-Residence, Kerouac House, December 2013-February 2014
Short List for Finalists, William Faulkner Wisdom Competition, Novel Category, 2012
Semifinalist, James Jones First Novel Contest, 2012
Featured Panelist, Paris Writers’ Workshop, June 2012
Semifinalist, William Faulkner Wisdom Competition, Novel-in-Progress Category, 2011
Selected by easyJet Holidays as an “Ultimate Paris Travel Blogger,” 2011
Shortlisted, Paris Short Story Contest, 2011
Winner, 30-Word Story Contest, Smokelong Quarterly, 2010
Grant Winner, Fiction, Barbara Deming Award, 2007
Finalist, Ultra-Short Fiction Competition, The Binnacle, University of Maine, Machias, 2007
Honorable Mention, Fiction, UNO Writing Contest, 2005
TESTIMONIALS
“Sion’s essays are always pitch-perfect.”
–Janet Skeslien Charles, author of Moonlight in Odessa
“[Sion] knows what she’s doing…She is a gifted writer with all the right storytelling skills.”
– Clint McCown, award-winning fiction writer, screenwriter, and journalist
“I believe Sion herself is a writer with a gorgeous and shimmering destination: to do and to finish luminous work.”
– Ellen Lesser, fiction writer and celebrated teacher
“Sion writes lyrical, descriptive prose which is extremely evocative and sensual. Her narrative flows through the scenes as they unfold, and when the fiction ‘sings,’ it is an effective convergence of all the necessary elements of successful storytelling…As a critical writer, Sion is excellent – articulate, thoughtful, analytical, elegant.”
– Xu Xi, author of ten books of fiction and essays
