About Sydnee
Sydnee Elliot, writer and painter, born in Boston and attended Boston University. After graduation and one failed marriage she moved to Berkeley. Ten years later she moved to Las Vegas and worked in the gambling industry for twenty years. While in Las Vegas she studied playwriting at UNLV. In 1995, Sydnee moved to Greece, her life-long dream finally achieved. During her ten-year stay on the island of Kythira, Sydnee wrote fifty short stories, one novel, and forty poems. She also exhibited her paintings in several Athenian Galleries and designed unique clothing for women. With grandmother-hood approaching, she returned to the states.
Polly’s Wild Dance, at the time of The Writer’s Forum Magazine Novel Contest in England in 2003 was titled Remember Me???, short-listed in fifth place.
In Memoriam, a short story produced by BBC World Service Radio, 1998 .
Funny Stuff, a short story finalist in Glimmer Train’s Short Story Contest, 2002
Obituary, a short story short-listed in third place in The Writer’s Digest contest, 2002.
She Never Noticed the Flowers, a short story chosen as story of the month and year, Long Short Story, 2007
She Never Noticed the Flowers, a short story, Insolent Rudder, 2008.
Stone Poetry, a short story, Grandma’s Choice, Patchwork Path, 2008.
That’s Enough, Up the House, a short story, Dad’s Bow Tie, Patchwork Path, 2009
And, I’m Married, Now What, a short story, Wedding Bouquet, Patchwork Path, 2010
Poetry Greece, published on the island of Corfu, featured Ms. Elliot as artist of the month to compliment her poems, Whispers and Ladies Who Lunch Together in 1999.
Tell Me That You Love Me, Abe Schwartz, a full-length play received a grant from the Nevada State Council of the Arts and National Endowment for the Arts in 1992.
Reservations, a full-length play received a grant from the Nevada State Council of the Arts and National Endowment for the Arts, 1993.
See How Freely I Dance Now, St. Benedict, a one-act play, presented at UNLV by the Allied Arts Council Theater Division’s Off-Year Festival sponsored by the Nevada Community Theatre Association in Reno and the Theatre Arts Department of UNLV, 1993.
City Weeds, a full-length play placed second in the JOHN McHUGH MEMORIAL AWARDS sponsored by the Allied Arts Council Playwriting Competition, 1994.
Sydnee resides in Las Vegas, Nevada where she is writing a new novel, Get What You Deserve, and a collection of short stories.
Sydnee Elliot has also published stories and poems under the name Ellen (Eleni) Karatzaferi.