Syd Zolf

They are the author of five poetry collections: Janey's Arcadia[1](2014), which was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award, a Raymond Souster Memorial Award,[2] and a Vine Award;[3] Neighbour Procedure[4](2010); Human Resources[5](2007), which won the 2008 Trillium Book Award for Poetry and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award; Masque [6](2004), which was shortlisted for the 2005 Trillium Book Award for Poetry; and Her absence, this wanderer [7](1999), the title poem of which was a finalist in the CBC Literary Competition.

Zolf's art video translation of three poems from Janey’s Arcadia [11] has shown at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Dunlop Art Gallery and other venues.

Among their many collaborations, Zolf wrote the film The Light Club of Vizcaya: A Women’s Picture, directed by New York artist Josiah McElheny, which premiered at Art Basel Miami [12] and showed at the Wexner Center for the Arts, White Cube Bermondsey, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, and elsewhere.

They also conducted the first collaborative MFA in Creative Writing ever, The Tolerance Project.

Their archives are held at York University in Toronto, Ontario,[14] and at Simon Fraser University's Special Collections in Burnaby, British Columbia.

Syd Zolf (left) and Julia Bloch at Kelly Writers House. Photo by Mehrin Masud-Elias
Syd Zolf (left) and Julia Bloch at Kelly Writers House. Photo by Mehrin Masud-Elias