Anne-Marie Yerks

Fiction Writer

Royal Oak, MI

Michigan US

Email:

amy1620@att.net

Website:

amyerks.wixsite.com/home

Twitter/X:

@amy1620

Author's Bio

Anne-Marie Yerks is a creative writer from metro Detroit, MI. A graduate of George Mason's MFA program, her work has appeared in literary journals such as "Juked," "The Penn Review," and in several anthologies. She is the author of "Dream Junkies" (New Rivers Press, 2016). She has freelanced for many magazines, publishing non-fiction articles about wellness, fashion, real estate, crafts, home improvement, and education. A longtime writing teacher, she loves traveling to literary destinations and occasionally presents at AWP and the Winter Wheat Festival of Writing. Anne-Marie is also a certified seamstress (but prefers the word "sewist"), a fiber artist, and a beginning gardener. Contact her on Twitter @amy1620.

Education:

George Mason University MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Best Small Fictions 2022 (Sonder Press, 2022)

Tales from the Dream Zone (Flying Ketchup Press, 2019)

Books:

LUSH (Odyssey Books, 2020)

Dream Junkies (New Rivers Press, 2016)

Journals:

Dime Show Review

Five on the Fifth

Juked

lipstickparty magazine

Penn Review

Review Americana

So to Speak

Southern Exposure

Streetlight Magazine

The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature

Third Order Magazine

Prizes won:

• Finalist, YARWA Rosemary Award for Young Adult Fiction, 2020.
• Resident, Sundress Academy for the Arts, 2019.
• First Place, New Rivers Press Electronic Books Series. 2016.
• Finalist, Paper Nautilus Vella Chapbook Contest, 2016.
• First Place, Fiction Attic Creative Non-Fiction Award. 2014.
• New Millennium Writings Short Story Finalist. 2010.
• Conference Scholarship, Bear River Writers’ Conference. 2008.
• Writer’s Digest Writing Competition. 2006.
• Conference Scholarship, Cranbrook Writers’ Guild. 2005.
• Iowa Short Fiction Award Finalist. 1998.
• Teaching Assistantship, George Mason University. 1994-1996.
• Departmental Fellowship, George Mason University. 1994.
• Dan Rudy Prize for Fiction. 1996.

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Appalachian

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

East Lansing, MI

Raised in:

Jackson, MI , MI

Michigan

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Last update: Jul 04, 2022