Sandra Hoynacki

A resident of Florida , the “hurricane” state, Sandra says her husband is her very life, along with her four children.  She retired from the nursing profession to take care of her elderly mother (diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease), but still finds the time to write because, as she has said, “I love writing and hope to write for many years to come!”

This very busy published author is a graduate of The Institute of Children’s Literature and has been writing short stories and poems for several years.  She believes she inherited some of her writing talent from her very creative father and her grandmother, whose short stories were published in magazines.  

Following the Hurricane Ivan disaster, the local opera announced that it would be producing a show titled “Hurricane Monologues.”  Writers were urged to submit their entries.  Sandra’s story, “Collections of Memories” was selected and performed onstage in September, 2005.   

Her awards include the following from The Cat’s Meow for Writers & Readers E-zine:
Best Poet – “Dedicated to My Mother This Day"
Best Poet – “The Proposal”
Best poem of the Month – “The City Slickers”  

Sandra Hoynacki is currently published on the following ezines:  The Cat’s Meow for Writers & Readers E-zine, Storytime Tapestry, The Pink Chameleon, The Poets Art, and Starfish@RippleMaker  

Sandra was recently accepted for membership in the Gulf Coast Authors, which was founded in 2003 to support writers on the Gulf Coast of Florida.