About Me
Siobhan is a writer and registered nurse based in New York City. She has worked as a staff and travel nurse in various units and locations from an intensive care unit in Baltimore, MD to homes in Anchorage, AK. She received her Masters in Nursing from Johns Hopkins University and her Masters of Fine Arts from the Bennington Writing Seminars.
Her work can be found in Bellevue Literary Review, Intima, Yellow Arrow Publishing, and Trails Magazine among other publications. Her essay "Officium" was selected as a notable essay for Best American Essays 2025 and chosen as the nonfiction honorable mention for the Spring 2024 Felice Buckvar prize in Bellevue Literary Review.
Publications
Essays and Poetry
"Officium", Bellevue Literary Review, Spring 2024
Notable Essay, Best American Essays 2025 edited by Jia Tolentino
Felice Buckvar Prize, Honorable Mention
"Blackberries", Canthius, Summer 2023
"To Lose Like a Nurse", Intima, November 2022
"The Quiet Loss of Self", Next Level Nursing, October 2021
Shift Report Prize, Second Place
"Coming Into View", Emerge,Yellow Arrow Publishing, September 2021
Interviews & Book Reviews
Finding Grace and Humor in Womanhood: A Conversation with Ann Weil, April 2023
Challenging Truths: A Conversation with Darah Schillinger, June 2022
Believing in the Power of Love Too Much, March 2022
Taking Moments to Listen: Interview with Ute Carson, September 2021
Cherishing the Present: Interview with Ellen Dooling Reynard, March 2021
An Expedition into the Nature of our Hearts: World of Wonders Review by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, January 2021
the samurai: a conversation with Linda M. Crate, September 2020
Transformation Through Poetry: Interview with Roz Weaver, July 2020
Articles
Are Libraries the Future of Outdoor Gear? Trails Magazine, Spring 2024
What Ignites Your Spark?,Yellow Arrow Publishing, July 2023
Find Your Awakening, Yellow Arrow Publishing, May 2022
Where Women Stand in the Publishing World, Yellow Arrow Publishing, March 2021
The Mesmerizing Power of Literary Journalism, Yellow Arrow Publishing, August 2021
A Delicate Art Form: The Interview, Yellow Arrow Publishing, September 2021
Selected Editorial Work - Yellow Arrow Publishing
Wonder, Forthcoming Spring 2026
Naming a Dying Thing, Vic Nogay, 2025
Kairos, Fall 2025
Unfurl, Spring 2025
Elevate, Spring 2024
Upspring, Spring 2022
The Most Beautiful Garden, Nikita Rimal Sharma, 2022
Anfractuous, Fall Journal 2021
No Batteries Required, Ellen Dooling Reynard, 2021
Renascence, Spring Journal 2021
(Re)Formation, Fall Journal 2020
Home, Spring Journal 2020
Smoke the Peace Pipe, Roz Weaver, 2020