Beth Ward is a journalist and essayist writing about books and art, bodies and place, feminism and folklore. She focuses especially on women’s histories and women’s stories.
Beth’s work appears widely in publications including Oxford American, Hyperallergic, The Rumpus, Pigeon Pages Literary Journal, NPR, BUST, The Bitter Southerner, Atlas Obscura, and elsewhere. She is a regular contributor to UK-based Cunning Folk magazine.
She previously served as the books + film editor for ArtsATL, and with VIDA: Women in Literary Arts as a nonfiction editor for the VIDA Review. She served on the board of the Georgia Writers Association from 2020-2021.
Beth earned her BA in Communication from Mercer University. She is a 2024 MFA candidate in Narrative Nonfiction at the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.