Elizabeth Anne Schwartz

Elizabeth Anne Schwartz (she/her) writes sapphic fiction and poetry. She loves all things dark, lyrical, and confessional. Her work has been featured in dozens of literary magazines and anthologies, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.Elizabeth’s micro poetry chapbook, Nine Stages of Coming Out, was released by tiny wren lit. Her debut poetry collection, Ave Marianna, will be released by Grey Coven Publishing in October 2025. She is represented by Analía Cabello of Andrea Brown Literary Agency and hopes to publish queer novels for middle grade readers.Elizabeth earned her BA in Creative Writing at Purchase College, and her MS in Human Development and Family Science (with a queer/feminist focus) at NDSU. She works in a Women, Gender, and Sexuality Resource Center at a university in upstate New York, where she lives with her soon-to-be wife and pugs.Follow her on Instagram @elizanneschwa

Fiction

“Human Women”
Tales to Terrify: Horror Fiction Podcast - Episode 694,
read by Aven Shore (May 2025)“An Offering”
Moonday Mag: Little Fairy Stories - Issue 5 (January 2025)“Two Blades”
Rabbit’s Foot Magazine: Issue 1 (October 2024)“Jackalope Creek”
Clever Fox Literary Magazine: Issue 004 (August 2024)“Beatrice”
Haunted Words Press: We Will Not Stay Buried (June 2023)“Human Women”
Erato Magazine: Hunger (June 2023)“If Coming Out Were a Fairy Tale”
The Lovers Literary Journal: Second Chances (April 2023)“Lesbian Bed Death”
Hearth & Coffin Literary Journal: Consume (March 2023)

Poetry

Ave Marianna
Grey Coven Publishing: Poetry Collection (October 2025)“Daphne”
Suburban Witchcraft Magazine: Issue 10 (September 2025)“Grief in High Places”
Grey Coven Publishing: Winter Anthology (February 2025)
“Karma is a Witch” Grey Coven Contest Shortlist“Covenant”
Frozen Sea: Issue Seven (February 2025)“Ordinary Time”
wildscape. literary journal: Issue I (January 2025)“Christmas Eve”
Poetic Reveries: In the Depths of Winter - Issue 9 (January 2025)“St. Lucy”
Low Hanging Fruit: Issue 2 (January 2025)“Duality”
Vial of Bones Literary Zine: The Gay Agenda (December 2024)“Waking on Easter”
"Thirteen"
Antler Velvet Arts Magazine: Cocoon (December 2024)“Hark”
Venuus Diaries: Bite (November 2024)“Haunted House”
Livina Press: Midnight Ink - Volume 1 (November 2024)“Mirror”
Ink & Ivy Lit: Euphoria (November 2024)“All Souls’ Day”
“Lilith”
“Mirror Mirror”
Indie Earth Publishing: The Spell Jar - Volume 3 (October 2024)“New Moon”
HNDL Magazine: DREAM (September 2024)“Women Named Peter”
“To Be a Bride”
“Confessional”
“Antipsychotics”
“Watching The Seventh Seal”
Grey Coven Publishing: Shadow Work - Volume I (September 2024)
"Confessional" - Pushcart Prize Nomination“Fiancé(e)”
Bitter Melon Review: Pride (July 2024)“Seven Sorrows”
Persephone Literary Magazine: Dark Edition (July 2024)“A Lesson”
Beyond Queer Words: Spring 2024 (May 2024)“On Healing”
Tension Literary: Emotional Tension (April 2024)“Stepsister”
The Universe’s Poetry (March 2024)Nine Stages of Coming Out
Tiny Wren Lit: Chapbook (February 2024)
“Introduction” - Pushcart Prize Nomination“Threatened Animals”
Black Spot Books: Under Her Eye - Women in Horror Poetry Collection (November 2023)“Angel of Divine Fortune”
Sage Cigarettes Magazine: Pride (June 2023)“In Response”
The Late Bloomers Clvb Zine: Blooming (December 2022)

Essays

“The Horror (and Triumph) of Coming Out”
The Occult Digest (October 2024)
Originally featured in Frightful Horror (June 2023)

Interviews

“Author Spotlight”
Grey Coven Publishing (May 2025)“Success Story Interview”
Query Tracker (March 2025)

KidLit

Learn more about my work for middle grade readers:
elizabethwritesmglit.carrd.co